Journalists in Mexico

06/03/2022 24 min
Journalists in Mexico

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Podcast: The Documentary Podcast (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Journalists in MexicoPub date: 2022-02-19Notes from Over The Wire Podcast:Outside a war zone, Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries to be a journalist. In 2021, seven journalists were murdered. In the first few weeks of this year alone, the killing of five journalists has prompted an outcry and concern. This episode hears what it is like when your job is to try and tell stories in a country where four people are killed every hour and where violent crimes fill your news-feeds.Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationOutside a war zone, Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries to be a journalist. In 2021, seven journalists were murdered. In the first few weeks of this year alone, the killing of five journalists has prompted an outcry and concern. We hear what it is like when your job is to try and tell stories in a country where four people are killed every hour and where violent crimes fill your news-feeds. For Adrián López Ortiz, the CEO and editor of Noroeste newspaper in the state of Sinaloa, north-western Mexico, it is a long standing problem since he still suffers from injuries during an attack in 2014.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC World Service, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.