Book Launch - Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter’s Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness by Alfredo Corchado

June 17, 2013

Registration: 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Presentation and Discussion: 6:00 p.m...

AS/COA

680 Park Avenue

New York

Live broadcast

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Foreign journalists are usually safe in Mexico, but they're not immune from violence. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 28 journalists have been killed since 1992, and the backlog of cases in the Mexican justice system means that many murders will remain unsolved. Please join us for the launch of Alfredo Corchado’s book Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter’s Journey Through a Country’s Descent into Darkness. Corchado, who is Mexico bureau chief at the Dallas Morning News, depicts in an autobiographical style his return to his native Mexico as a journalist in 1994, just as the narco-violence began. Corchado describes Midnight in Mexico as “searching for the flickering light during the darkest night and believing in the promise of a new day.” Speaker: <ul> <li>Alfredo Corchado, Author of Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter’s Journey Through a Country’s Descent into Darkness (May 2013)</li> </ul> Discussants: <ul> <li>Ginger Thompson, The New York Times</li> <li>Andrew Selee, Vice President for Programs and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars</li> </ul> Moderator: <ul> <li>Christopher Sabatini, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly and Senior Director of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas</li> </ul> Registration Fee: This event is complimentary for all registrants. Prior registration is required. Copies of the book will be available for sale. Event Information: Wilda Escarfuller | <a href="mailto:wescarfuller@as-coa.org">wescarfuller@as-coa.org</a> | 1-212-277-8387 Press: Adriana La Rotta | <a href="mailto:alarotta@as-coa.org">alarotta@as-coa.org</a> | 1-212-277-8384

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