Silencing the Press: Violence Against Journalists as a Threat to Democracy |
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May 4-8, 2009 Institute of the Americas campus La Jolla, California  There is an often-repeated phrase among journalists. No story is worth dying for, journalists say. But journalists are dying in every region of the world. In Iraq, in Somalia, in Russia, in Bolivia, in the Philippines, journalists died last year while reporting the news in their countries. Journalists are dying at the U.S.-Mexico border, too. And they are vanishing in frightening numbers. Since 2000, 24 Mexican reporters have been killed, In the past three years alone, seven journalists have disappeared, making Mexico the only country in the region where journalists have been reported missing. The Committee to Protect Journalists now classifies Mexico as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for reporters. The Institute of the Americas will host a professional journalism workshop focusing on the essential value of a free press and the threat posed to fragile democracies by the rise in violence against journalists. The five-day seminar will include presentations by journalists who have been confronted attacks or worked in violent environments. To register for the workshop, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it at 858-453-5560, extension 129. |
