From 2015 to 2016, I carried out 18 months of multi-sited fieldwork with journalists in Mexico, one of the most dangerous places to practice journalism. Journalists there are targeted by government actors, organized crime groups, and others who seek to silence or control their work. This project provides an on-the-ground look at news reporting in this context, drawing attention to the conditions and dynamics that make it such that certain stories cannot be told, while also illuminating how journalists persevere in their commitment to truth-seeking and telling. Research and writing for this project were supported by grants from the Social Science Research Council, the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States, and the Mabelle McLeod Lewis Memorial Fund. 

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology published an article based on this research, as well as a series of commentaries, in June 2023. You can read the open-access article here.