SPJ/LA and the Los Angeles Library Foundation’s ALOUD Series present: Blogging the Narco Wars
Join the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Los Angeles Public Library for an in-depth talk with journalists from San Diego and Tijuana, as well as a long-time watchdog of border violence, to discuss how reporters are covering outbreaks of violence in connection to drug-smuggling in Tijuana.
The panelists will be:
Victor Clark Alfaro, Founder, Binational Human Rights Center in Tijuana
Vicente Calderon, Tijuana television reporter
Amy Isackson, reporter, KPBS San Diego
The event will be moderated by SPJ/LA board member Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, a reporter with KPCC 89.3 FM.
WHAT: Blogging the Narco-Wars
WHO: Victor Clark Alfaro, Founder, Binational Human Rights Center in Tijuana; Vicente Calderon, Tijuana TV reporter; Amy Isackson, border reporter, KPBS San Diego. Moderated by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, reporter, KPCC 89.3FM, SPJ/LA board member.
WHEN: 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2009
WHERE: The Los Angeles Central Library’s Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071 http://www.lfla.org/aloud/visit.php
COST: Free, but reservations are highly recommended through the L.A. Public Library’s ALOUD Lecture Series. http://www.lfla.org/aloud/registration/
For more information, check o the library’s site at http://www.lfla.org/aloud/calendar/?month=06&year=2009&day=03.
The Society of Professional Journalists is the nation’s largest and most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to promoting high standards of ethical behavior and encouraging the free practice of journalism. Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.
Check out KPBS’s series on the issue here: http://www.kpbs.org/special-reports/border-battle/
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