Coverage of violence in risk areas: case of the Ciudad Juárez´Journalist Association
This research analyzes the situation of journalism in a high risk area, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The analysis is based on the knowledge and analysis of the training activity, violence and corruption denounced by Juarez Journalists Association, founded and run by women journalists. A meeting with journ...
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doaj-467d4b93852a4061a6bf280166f660742020-11-24T23:21:44ZengUniversidad Rey Juan CarlosIndex Comunicación 2444-32392174-18592016-11-0161225248176Coverage of violence in risk areas: case of the Ciudad Juárez´Journalist AssociationJosé Luis González-Esteban0Carmen María Lopez-Rico1Universidad Miguel HernándezUniversidad Miguel HernándezThis research analyzes the situation of journalism in a high risk area, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The analysis is based on the knowledge and analysis of the training activity, violence and corruption denounced by Juarez Journalists Association, founded and run by women journalists. A meeting with journalists of the association and in-depth interviews are the main methodological tools to understand the meaning and value of this group of juarenses journalists. In the same way this article analyzes, through a quantitative methodology, the strategy of activism and the international projection of the association through their social networks. In addition, research is completed with a content analysis about the prevalence and significance of the ‘red note’ in El Diario de Juárez, the main newspaper in this border area, which even has a delegation in the US city of El Paso. Coverage of violence in high risk areas gives a special value to journalism in newspapers like the aforementioned and corporate work of this group of juarenses journalists.http://journals.sfu.ca/indexcomunicacion/index.php/indexcomunicacion/article/view/267Libertad de prensa, México, Red de Periodistas de Juárez, violencia, El Diario de Juárez, narcotráfico |
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José Luis González-Esteban Carmen María Lopez-Rico Coverage of violence in risk areas: case of the Ciudad Juárez´Journalist Association Index Comunicación Libertad de prensa, México, Red de Periodistas de Juárez, violencia, El Diario de Juárez, narcotráfico |
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José Luis González-Esteban Carmen María Lopez-Rico |
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José Luis González-Esteban |
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Coverage of violence in risk areas: case of the Ciudad Juárez´Journalist Association |
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Coverage of violence in risk areas: case of the Ciudad Juárez´Journalist Association |
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Coverage of violence in risk areas: case of the Ciudad Juárez´Journalist Association |
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Coverage of violence in risk areas: case of the Ciudad Juárez´Journalist Association |
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Coverage of violence in risk areas: case of the Ciudad Juárez´Journalist Association |
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coverage of violence in risk areas: case of the ciudad juárez´journalist association |
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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos |
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This research analyzes the situation of journalism in a high risk area, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The analysis is based on the knowledge and analysis of the training activity, violence and corruption denounced by Juarez Journalists Association, founded and run by women journalists. A meeting with journalists of the association and in-depth interviews are the main methodological tools to understand the meaning and value of this group of juarenses journalists. In the same way this article analyzes, through a quantitative methodology, the strategy of activism and the international projection of the association through their social networks. In addition, research is completed with a content analysis about the prevalence and significance of the ‘red note’ in El Diario de Juárez, the main newspaper in this border area, which even has a delegation in the US city of El Paso. Coverage of violence in high risk areas gives a special value to journalism in newspapers like the aforementioned and corporate work of this group of juarenses journalists. |
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Libertad de prensa, México, Red de Periodistas de Juárez, violencia, El Diario de Juárez, narcotráfico |
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http://journals.sfu.ca/indexcomunicacion/index.php/indexcomunicacion/article/view/267 |
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