NYU will host Anabel Hernández, one of Mexico’s leading investigative journalists, for a panel discussion, “Too Dangerous for Words: Life & Death Reporting the Mexican Drug Wars,” on Thurs., Sept. 26, 6:30 p.m. at the Carter Journalism Institute.

Journalist Hernández on “Too Dangerous for Words: Life & Death Reporting on the Mexican Drug Wars”—Sept. 26
NYU will host Anabel Hernández, above, one of Mexico’s leading investigative journalists, for a panel discussion, “Too Dangerous for Words: Life & Death Reporting the Mexican Drug Wars,” on Thurs., Sept. 26, 6:30 p.m. at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.

Too Dangerous for Words: Life & Death Reporting the Mexican Drug Wars

The event, co-sponsored by the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU, PEN American Center, and Committee to Protect Journalists, is free and open to the public. Call 212.998.2101 for more information. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis. Reporters interested in attending the discussion, co-hosted by the Carter Journalism Institute, must RSVP to Stephanie Steiker at 212.998.2101 or stephanie.steiker@nyu.edu. Subways: 6 (Astor Place); N, R (8th Street).

Hernández has written about the drug cartels and high-level corruption among Mexico's government, military, and business elites under the presidencies of Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderón. Author of the newly translated Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers (Verso), Hernández has worked on national dailies, including Reforma, Milenio, El Universal, and its investigative supplement La Revista. She has written about slave labor, sexual exploitation, political corruption, and drug cartels and was awarded the 2012 Golden Pen of Freedom by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

Joining Hernández in conversation will be Carlos Lauría of the Committee to Protect Journalists; investigative journalist Guy Lawson, who has written about war, crime, and politics around the globe and reported on Mexico and the drug cartels for Rolling Stone; and Nik Steinberg, senior researcher on Mexico in the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch.

Editor’s Note:

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