Journalist Killings and the Unintended Consequences of Democracy in México
México is the deadliest non-war country for journalists in the world. Why has the country become so dangerous for the free press as it has become more democratic? A variety of factors, including an incomplete democratic transition, the influence of organized crime in local governments, and the lack of judicial reform that creates an atmosphere of total impunity.
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...
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