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Presentation: The Mexican Press, Revolution to the Present Day
Friday, 9/27/2024
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
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Learn about the role the newspaper press played in Mexican
history as a medium of communication between citizens and government
officials from the Revolution to the current day.
Historian
Benjamin T. Smith discusses the rise in readership following the Mexican
Revolution, gives examples of regional and urban newspapers as
important agents of communication and examines the effects of
censorship, which has rendered Mexico the most dangerous country in the
Western hemisphere for journalists according to a 2022 report from Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Benjamin T. Smith
has been writing about the history of Mexico for twenty years. He now
specializes on twentieth-century politics, the narcotics trade and
crime. But he has also researched and written about indigenous politics,
Catholicism, conservatism, newspapers, journalism and censorship. He is
the author the 2018 monograph The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940–1976: Stories from the Newsroom, Stories from the Street and the co-editor of the 2018 anthology Journalism, Satire, and Censorship in Mexico.
He is a Professor of Latin American History at the University of
Warwick and holds a PhD in History from Cambridge University.
Connect
Benjamin T. Smith – Website | Benjamin T. Smith – X
See event listing on the SFPL master calendar.
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CANCELED: Presentation: How Do You Like Your International News?
Friday, 10/4/2024
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Register on Zoom
This program has been rescheduled from the original date of May 29, 2024.
Discover
news from Nepal that is reported with accuracy and dignity by
Kathmandu-based journalist Shilu Manandhar and how her work is different
than reporting done by “parachute journalists.” Learn about the mission
of Global Press to carry out this work.
Global Press uncovered
how Asian American and Pacific Islander audiences in the U.S. prefer to
get their international news in a 2023 report.
Many respondents reported preferring international news from legacy
news outlets that deploy “parachute journalists” from the U.S. or the
U.K., but Global Press has a better approach that offers more dignified
and precise coverage from local reporters who are part of the fabric of
the foreign country. Team members Cristi Hegranes (founder and CEO of
Global Press), Laxmi Parthasarathy (COO of Global Press) and Shilu
Manandhar (Nepal senior reporter) will discuss how Global Press was able
to change API respondents’ minds by demonstrating what ethical,
effective and inclusive reporting looks like and how on-the-ground
reporting in the Global Press style is clearer, more interesting and
more meaningful. Manandhar will share examples of her own reporting from
Nepal and will break down the components of the Global Press style as
exemplified in her work, most likely awakening the appetite for Nepalese
news you didn’t know you had.
Global Press was
founded in 2006 by Cristi Hegranes, a young journalist who once dreamed
of becoming a foreign correspondent. But after going overseas on her
first assignment, she realized that she was the wrong person to be
telling the world’s stories. Instead, Hegranes passed her pen to local
women in the community who had the social, historical, cultural context
and the source access to tell accurate, world-changing stories. Since
2006, Global Press has trained more than 250 local journalists across 40
communities. Together, they're transforming global narratives.
Cristi Hegranes is the CEO of Global Press, the Publisher of Global Press Journal and the author of Byline: How Local Journalists Can Improve the Global News Industry and Change the World.
She founded Global Press in 2006 to create a new form of ethical,
accurate global news. Her values-driven approach to journalism
prioritizes newsroom representation to create a dignified, precise news
product. Previously, Hegranes worked as a journalist for Village Voice
Media in New York and San Francisco. She has a Master’s degree in
journalism from New York University and a Bachelor’s degree from Loyola
Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Laxmi Parthasarathy
is the COO of Global Press. She leads global operations across each
Global Press brand, spearheads the global expansion strategy to build
new bureaus and develops new partnership strategies to bolster the
organization’s reach and long-term sustainability. Over her career, she
has led initiatives at the intersection of media and development in
Canada, India, Rwanda, Mexico, Spain, Argentina and the UK.
Parthasarathy holds a Master’s degree in Media, Communications and
Development from the London School of Economics and did her
undergraduate studies at Carleton University in Canada.
Shilu Manandhar is a Global Press Journal
senior reporter based in Kathmandu, Nepal. She specializes in migration
and environmental reporting in Nepal. She studied at Christ College in
Bangalore, India. Manandhar’s coverage of Nepalese migrant workers in
Qatar has won numerous awards and been cited in legislative changes.
Connect
Global Press – Website | Global Press – Twitter | Global Press – Facebook | Global Press – Instagram
Cristi Hegranes -- Website | Cristi Hegranes – Twitter | Cristi Hegranes – LinkedIn | Cristi Hegranes – Email
Laxmi Parthasarathy – Twitter | Laxmi Parthasarathy – LinkedIn
Shilu Manandhar – Facebook | Shilu Manandhar – Email
See event listing on the SFPL master calendar.
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View other Magazines and Newspapers Center programs on the SFPL event calendar under the What's News heading.
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Jehoiada
Calvin is a memory worker, writer, and zine-maker from Chicago.
Jehoiada is the Archives Assistant for the Johnson Publishing Company
Archive, helping to process the historic photograph collection for
Ebony, Jet, and other magazines and programs. Jehoiada is a fellow in
the University of Alabama’s Social Justice for Archivists Master of
Library and Information Studies program, focusing on memory work that
supports practices rooted in culture and politics outside of
institutional archives. Read his writings about Sleet and the JPC photo
archive at Sixty Inches from Center. 
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