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Re-Making the News Across the Border
Wednesday November 18, Harney Science Center, Room 172, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Hosted by Professor Dorothy Kidd, University of San Francisco Department of Media Studies
Introduction by Ricardo Sandoval, President of the Society for Professional Journalism (Northern California Chapter)
Franc Contreras: "Drug Violence in Mexico: One Correspondent's Perspective of Local and International News Coverage"
For nearly 15 years, journalist Franc Contreras has been reporting on Mexico for major international news media organizations, covering virtually every major political and economic story that has taken place since 1996 - including two presidential elections, investigations on human rights abuses, immigration to and from Mexico, and Mexico's so-called war on drugs. Franc's reporting often delves deep into the social causes behind these important stories. He has also reported from most countries in Central America, and major parts of Argentina, Colombia, Haiti, and Venezuela. Franc is currently a Mexico correspondent for Al Jazeera English television.
Laura Villafuerte: "News Coverage of Mexico's Drug War: A Mexican Perspective"
Laura Villafuerte began her journalism career in 1992 anchoring a daily cultural and social affairs program for the Mexican Radio Institute (IMER), a non-profit network heard across Mexico. She worked for several years as a news reporter and editor, and studied how the national news media helped the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) win the 1994 presidential elections. In 2000, she began editing online content for Televisa (esmas.com) and El Universal, two of Mexico's most well-known wedsites.
She is currently the top content and design editor for cronica.com.mx, which the University of Monterrey recently named the most user-friendly website among several large circulation Mexican newspapers.
Co-Sponsored by the Center for Latino Studies in Americas (CELASA), Latin American Studies, Department of Media Studies, Journalism Program, Society for Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter), and the International Student and Scholar Services.
All Davies Forum events are free and open to the public. For more information call: (415) 422-6147, email: daviesforum@usfca.edu or visit www.usfca.edu/artsci/ug/davies_forum
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