PM, edición del 11 de abril de 2012. (Victoria A. Perez/Borderzine.com)

La prensa amarillista deshumaniza la violencia en busca de lectores

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EL PASO – En cualquier esquina de Ciudad Juárez se pueden encontrar vendedores de periódicos que anuncian las tragedias sucedidas a diario en una ciudad abrumada por la violencia. Y a algunos ciudadanos se les hace difícil comprender por qué periódicos como el PM enfatizan los incidentes violentos. El Profesor Salvador Salazar Gutiérrez de la Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez se ha dedicado analizar el comportamiento de periodistas y prensa desde que inició la violencia en Ciudad Juárez. En su estudio titulado Periodismo y violencia: El producto de la subjetividad de riesgo en el contexto de la frontera, Salazar analiza y discute el tema de la subjetividad de riesgo. “Subjetividad de riesgo analiza cómo el periodista construye su sentido de vivir a partir de enfrentarse cotidianamente al contexto de violencia”, explica Salazar.

Floor managers have to pay attention to everything around them. (Janice Rodriguez/Borderzine.com)

A new intern climbs up the ladder at Univision 26

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EL PASO – As I was walking toward my first day in the Univision 26 newsroom, the news director, and my new boss, Zoltan Csany asked me how I felt. Without hesitation I answered, “very excited!”

As soon as I entered the building I knew I was in the right place. Ever since I knew I could do an internship wherever I wanted, in my mind there was only one place – Univision 26. With graduation only three semesters away, I began to think that my best option was to gain some experience doing an internship. After a couple of visits to the internship advisors the day came when she asked me, (and I remember perfectly) “If you could have your way, what would you do?”

Although I was presented with many options, I did not even have to think about it and immediately answered Channel 26. On December of 2011 I started my dream internship at Univision 26.

Muchas de las víctimas de la violencia en Juárez todavía no han podido ser identificadas. (Victoria Perez/Borderzine.com)

Lloran en El Paso su desahucio por la narcoguerra en México

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EL PASO – Lágrimas de desesperación, indignación y tristeza es lo único que les queda  a miles de mexicanos después de salir huyendo de sus hogares para salvarse las vidas y las de sus familiares. “Mi esposo era policía y secuestraron a mis hijos y tuvimos que huir porque se metieron a mi casa”, expresó una madre recordando por qué tuvo que dejar su ciudad natal. Aunque  ahora vive en un lugar seguro, desea permanecer anónima. En enero de 2012 el gobierno mexicano informó que desde el comienzo de la guerra contra la droga en 2006, 47,515 personas han muerto en hechos violentos relacionados con el narcotráfico. Organizaciones de derechos humanos en la frontera, como Mexicanos en el Exilio, estiman que alrededor de 10,000 de esas muertes ocurrieron en Juárez desde 2006 a manos del crimen organizado.

Men are not an strange presence in Zumba classes any longer. (Victoria Perez/Borderzine.com)

Men also can Zumba their way to fitness

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EL PASO – Entering a room packed mostly with women can make some men feel threatened and realizing that they have to join in and exercise to the rhythm of sexy music can be even more intimidating. “I was very very scared the first time because there were like 40 girls and I was the only man there,” said Marco Lopez. That’s how Lopez, 23, described his first Zumba class at the University of Texas at El Paso. Men are usually less attracted to aerobics classes for exercise and a class where all you do to work out is dance can become a big challenge for most men. Zumba has become the newest trend in exercising.

Alejandro Hernández Pachecho, a cameraman exiled from Torreón, México. (Victoria A. Perez/Borderzine.com)

Mexican kidnap victim establishes a new life in El Paso

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EL PASO – Sitting on the cold hard cement the man was able to remove part of his blindfold and focusing his sight, the dim light revealed a small dirty room covered in blood. Alejandro Hernandez Pacheco, 42, had been kidnapped in Torreon, Mexico, and one of the few who survived to tell the story. He worked as a cameraman for the television station, Televisa, in Torreon. On July 26, 2010 during a regular day of work, Pacheco was sent to cover a news story about killings connected to a prison in his city. Hernandez and two fellow reporters were sent to the prison in Gomez Palacio, Durango, were several murders of guards had taken place that same month.