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John Doe
Posted on June 29, 2010 | No CommentsBy Lauren Gilger, video by Lisa Ruhl We were sitting on a bench at Grupo Beta — the Mexican government’s border patrol and migrant relief agency — in Nogales, Mexico when we got the call. After two weeks of nothing, a mortuary on the other... -
Into Nogales
Posted on June 24, 2010 | No CommentsOur guide, Frank, met us on the South side of the downtown Nogales Border Patrol checkpoint. We walked across to meet him because he can’t go any further north. We hired him to translate for us and to show us around Nogales. He works with... -
Building Trust With Sources
Posted on June 21, 2010 | No CommentsThere is no doubt that complexities will arise when you are a journalist from Arizona working on a story dealing with the Latino population. Due mainly to its new immigration law, our state is facing numerous challenges in court, a battle with the federal government,... -
Arizona Heat : Experiencing the Desert on Foot
Posted on June 20, 2010 | No CommentsAmid southern Arizona’s vast landscape of dry foothills, valleys and mountains it’s easy to feel very small. The people that I’m writing about move through this land, sometimes on a daily basis — they include hikers and hunters, law enforcement and humanitarian volunteers, and the... -
San Francisco’s Mission District
Posted on June 17, 2010 | No CommentsSan Francisco’s Mission District has been a hub of Hispanic culture since Mexican immigrants first began settling there in the 1940s. In the decades that followed, the neighborhood became emblematic of the city’s sanctuary policies for undocumented immigrants: a bustling and vibrant place where Hispanic... -
Have camera(s), will report
Posted on June 15, 2010 | No CommentsChicago is approximately 2,000 miles from our News21 newsroom in Phoenix. And I was there, as a backpack-journalism team of one. Having worked for the past semester as a student news producer, never asked to leave the newsroom or conduct an interview, it was time... -
ASU News21 in 2010
Posted on June 14, 2010 | No CommentsLast year, when we chose Latino and Borderlands issues as our focus for ASU News21, we knew we were setting out to tackle a timely and important topic. We also felt we were uniquely positioned to provide quality coverage. These issues have long been a...
