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 Tina Rosenberg - The New York Times
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Writes editorials for The New York Times. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for her book The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts after Communism. In 1987, she became the first free-lance journalist to receive the Mac Arthur Fellowship Grant, given to individuals who show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work. Her other writings include her 1991 book, "Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America," and numerous contributed articles in The New Yorker, The New York Times magazine, Foreign Affairs, Rolling Stone, The New Republic and other publications. |
Michael Reid - The Economist
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Michael Reid is editor for the Americas at The Economist since 1999. He was the magazine's correspondent for South America, based in Sao Paulo for three years (1996-9), as well as for Mexico and Central America (1990-3). Previously, he worked as The Guardian's correspondent in Perú and the Andean Region, and as co-editor of The Peru Report, published in Lima. He writes a weekly column on Latin American issues at Brasil's Valor Económico. He is author of Peru: Paths to Poverty, edited by the Latin American Bureau, London. |
Marcelo Beraba - Folha de S. Paulo
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Beraba is Folha de S. Paulo's Ombudsman, after working as director of Folha's Rio de Janeiro Office, as well as Head of the Freedom of Expressión Committee at the Newspapers National Association of Brasil. He worked as Head of Politics and Editor at Folha de S. Paulo, executive editor for the Jornal do Brasil in Río de Janeiro and executive editor for TV Globo in Sao Paulo. He directs the workshop "Reporting Fundamentals" at the Folha de S. Paulo Trainees Program. |
Gustavo Gorriti - IPYS
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Gorriti is member of the Press and Society Institute, and of the International Consortium for Investigative Journalism (ICIJ). He directed Periodistas, a news program based on investigative reports in Peru. He worked as joint-director for La Prensa, in Panamá. He directed numerous investigations for Peru's weekly Caretas, making public the link between Vladimiro Montesinos and drug trafficking through one of them. In 1992 he was awarded the Maria Moors Cabot Award, conceded by the University of Columbia. In 1998 the Committee for the Protection of Journalists awarded him the Liberty of the Press Award, in recognition for his courage and defense of his investigations. |
Gerardo Reyes - El Nuevo Herald, Miami
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Colombian lawyer and journalist, works as investigative reporter for El Nuevo Herald, covering corruption and drug-dealing in Latin America. He worked for The Miami Herald, where he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for uncovering electoral fraud in Miami, in 1999. He directed El Tiempo's legendary investigative unit. He is author of several books, including "Investigative Journalism" (Editorial Trillas, México 1996), "Made in Miami" (Editorial Planeta, Bogotá 2000) and "¿Por quién votar?" (Editorial Oveja Negra, 1982). |
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