I am pleased to provide this letter in support of the immigrant petition of Diana Castaneda under the EB-1 Extraordinary Ability category. It is my great honor and privilege to do so. I have knowledge of and can attest to Ms. Castaneda’s expertise and accomplishments in Journalism based upon my own career. I am the Executive Editor, of El Tiempo Latino the Spanish language publication of The Washington Post Company, one of the most prestigious and nationally awarded publications in the nation. Since 2001, I am responsible for coordinating efforts with the Washington Post to keep economically sound and community relevant a key player in the Spanish language media in the region. With more than 25 years in the media business, I have been on …show more content…
Castaneda is clearly an outstanding professional, investigative journalist and colleague. More importantly, I believe she is and has been an outstanding leader of those of us in the profession and a leader for the profession itself. For more than a decade, she has been among the most visible journalists in her field. As an investigative journalist, Ms. Castaneda spends months and sometimes even years researching and conducting special reports about different topics of interest for the nation and the western hemisphere, such as serious cases of diplomatic crisis, political corruption, dangerous conflicts and human rights abuses. For example, Ms. Castaneda conducted an exhaustive and exceptional research in the most dangerous places in Mexico to expose the abuses suffered by immigrants from Central America when they are kidnapped by criminal gangs and drug cartels as part of the war for control of the north of the …show more content…
Castaneda is not only a top-notch journalist, but she is among the finest examples of a true professional of journalism. She has served as an extraordinary role model for new other professionals, as well as an inspiration to develop journalists at the beginning of their careers. Indeed, I know of individuals who selected a career in journalism because of the example set by Diana Castaneda. Finally, I must comment on Ms. Castaneda as a colleague. She is a wise counselor, a standard bearer of integrity and civility, and is a highly respected as anyone in this field. This is truly remarkable in today’s age of media sensationalism. Ms. Castaneda is one of the few members of the media who consistently delivers in-depth and balanced analysis of key issues with dignity and excellence our audience
In the article “Se Habla Entitlement”, Star Parker responds to the sensitive essay written by Roberto Rodriguez on the subject of illegal immigration in Mexico. Parker is a well-educated woman with republican political ties and libertarian values. “Star Parker’s argument that illegal immigration is convincing through her use of these rhetorical strategies such as logos, ethos, and pathos balances her article. By carefully examining the text and context in this article it will establish a better understanding on Parker’s argument.
Alfredo Corchado — is the author of the book named " Midnight in Mexico:A Reporter's Journey through a Country's Descent into Darkness”. We are, probably, all interested in finding out the facts, news, and gossips about Mexico. This country was always associated with something mysterious. For me personally, the title of the book seemed to be very gripping, I was interested in revealing the secrets of life in Mexico, thus I decided to read this book. I was really curious, what can Alfredo Corchado tell me about the life in this country, the country, where the constant massacre is the picture, people used to see. In his book, the author tells the reader about the real situations, which took place in Mexico, reveals the secrets of the people’s lives and tells the story from the “inside”. He describes the way he lives his life, and does his work. The " Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey through a Country's Descent into Darkness” is a memoir. Author tries to transform his own experience into the story line. Corchado shows the reader the darkest episodes of Mexican society, while relying on his own experience.
In both the movie, La Misma Luna, and the newspaper series, Enrique’s Journey, migrants are faced with many issues. The most deadly and scarring issues all relate back to bandits, judicial police, and la migra or Mexican immigration officers. The problems that arise are serious to the point of rape, robbing, and beating. It is not easy crossing the border illegally and secretly, but the successful ones have an interesting or even traumatic story about how it worked for them.
The author of Mexican Lives, Judith Adler Hellman, grapples with the United States’ economic relationship with their neighbors to the south, Mexico. It also considers, through many interviews, the affairs of one nation. It is a work held to high esteem by many critics, who view this work as an essential part in truly understanding and capturing Mexico’s history. In Mexican Lives, Hellman presents us with a cast from all walks of life. This enables a reader to get more than one perspective, which tends to be bias. It also gives a more inclusive view of the nation of Mexico as a whole. Dealing with rebel activity, free trade, assassinations and their transition into the modern age, it justly captures a Mexico in its true light.
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Héctor Tobar is an American journalist and author, who was born in Los Angeles and a previous journalist and editor for The Los Angeles Times. He now teaches journalism at the University of Oreagon. His work covers imperative political topics and examines the relation between US and Latin America. Tobar has been awarded multiple prizes for his books, such as for the novels “The Tattooed Soldier” and “The Barbarian Nurseries”. Tobar was the bureau chief for the newspaper, The Los Angeles Times, in Mexico City and Buenos Aires, where he covered political subjects. He won and achieved the Pulitzer Prize with a journalism team for reporting the 1992 riots. The article “Why Latino Children Are Scared of Donald Trump” was published in the newspaper,
Chris Master incorporates the ‘duty of journalists [as] to reshape information and get that information to the public’, while this is important and periodically essential, it is his broad knowledge tells us that ‘the best journalism is the journalism to challenge the orthodox, respectfully challenge the public opinion and occasionally deliver bad news’(pg 5). While this is almost evident in Masters’ book, but the fact he did not deliver these stories that seem perfectly fit for ‘today’s journalism’ he attains a kind of benevolence, and consideration for his subjects. As seen in his anonymity, which shows the reader how it is not worth the social and media torment of the journalistic process. Quite powerfully he delivers the calming words that many of us already know, perhaps by our own nature or experience: ‘In order for there to be good journalism, journalists need to find a balance between what they want to present and what the public wants’.
War and violence in Central America is a result of governmental injustice due to the United States’ foreign policies. The United States supported El Salvador with weapons and money throughout the civil war. As a result of enforcing these policies, El Salvador’s poverty, population and crime rate increased. The books “…After…” by Carolina Rivera Escamilla and “The Tattooed Soldier” by Hector Tobar give us a glimpse of the issues Central Americans faced.
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This new knowledge opened the door to years of research, as she studied how human trafficking occurred – how and where and who and why. After community college, she attended Aquinas and continued her studies in human trafficking. She even developed a new method to research local trafficking, since large
In The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail, Oscar Martinez comments on the injustices that occur while migrating from Central America. Central Americans are forced to leave their countries in fear of the inevitable consequences. The systematic abuse Central Americans endure while migrating is founded on that fear which results in more repercussions for migrants. The psychological effects of migrating is used by Martinez to give insight on the atrocities that happen in Central America. The corruption involved while migrating in Central America is against human rights and should be brought immediate attention internationally. Martinez uses the experiences of migrants to expose Mexico’s passivity on the subject and to expose readers’ to the hard truths that occur while migrating.
Bestseller journalist, Sonia Nazario, in her literacy non-fiction, Enrique’s Journey, describes a young man’s journey trying to reconcile with his mother in the United States, but has to go through many obstacles to reach her. Nazario’s purpose is to inform readers about how immigration affects children and their mothers in Central America. She adopts an optimistic/determined tone in order to reveal to her readers the difficulty and bravery the children have to face to get to the United States. Nazario begins her credibility with ethos to retrace an abandon teenager’s journey through Central America, pathos to follow the mother son relationship, and logos by giving facts and statistics for illegal immigrants in the U.S.
Julia Alvarez in the short story, Liberty, depicts that a little girl whose family killed the Dictator of the Dominican Republic his name was Rafael Trujillo's. Alvarez doesn't really ever denied this story's truth and she doesn’t really say it's true. The author's point of this video is to show the audience about the things some people will do to get into the United States of America. The author speaks in an informative tone for the audience to hear her and understands what she is saying. This story should be taught as an autobiography because the story itself is true.