In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press
Katherine Corcoran
Freelance Investigative Journalist
Former Kellogg Visiting Fellow
Former Visiting Fellow Katherine Corcoran returns to the Kellogg Institute to launch her new book, which she worked on during her fellowship. In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press investigates the murder of legendary journalist Regina Martínez as she was on the verge of exposing government corruption in Mexico. Corcoran and friends of the victim together battled cover-ups, narco-officials, red tape, and threats to sift through the mess of lies – and discover what got Regina killed. This thrilling story looks at how silencing the free press threatens basic protections, the rule of law, and democracy itself across the globe.
Join us as Kellogg Faculty Fellow Guillermo Trejo, lead researcher for the Violence and Transitional Justice Lab, and special guest Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab Wilhelm, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist from Mexico, offer commentary on the book, with Emeritus Professor Robert Schmuhl moderating the discussion. The event will include an opportunity to purchase the book and have copies signed by the author.
Katherine Corcoran
Katherine Corcoran, the 2017-2018 Hewlett Fellow for Public Policy at the Kellogg Institute, is a freelance journalist and author of In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, A Coverup and the True Cost of Silencing the Press (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022), which she worked on while in residence with the Kellogg Institute...
Guillermo Trejo
Guillermo Trejo is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, faculty fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and Director and Principal Investigator at the Notre Dame Violence and Transitional Justice Lab (V-TJLab). He has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2012...
Alejandra Xanic
Alejandra Xanic is a Mexican investigative journalist whose reports have revealed corruption and public health threats in her country. She began her journalism career as a reporter in a public radio station and later, in 1991, for the newly founded Siglo 21, one of Mexico’s first newspapers with an investigative reporting unit...