A Journalist's Beat in Mexico: Politics, Social Advocacy, Immigration - and Staying Alive Octavio Blanco - CNNMoney
go to original November 18, 2015

Thirty two journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Joutnalists. Despite the dangers, young reporters like 25 year-old Gaby Rasgado remain determined to report the news. (CNN)

Six reporters have been murdered in Mexico since 2013, and this year has been the deadliest for journalists there in decades.

Despite the danger, young people there continue to be attracted to the news business. Among them is Gaby Rasgado.

Barely five feet tall, with a baby face and wearing her jet black hair in a thin multicolor braid, she could easily be mistaken for a student. However, she's a 25-year-old reporter whose five years of experience give her veteran status.

Rasgado is a correspondent for Mexico's "La Silla Rota," a political online news magazine where she's won various Mexican journalism awards. Her focus is in-depth investigative reporting, covering politics, social advocacy, immigration, safety issues - and staying alive. She's based in Xalapa, the capital of the state of Veracruz, one of Mexico's most dangerous places to report from.

...Rasgado has become an expert on how to report and survive in Mexico. In late October she was among a panel of journalists invited to Mexico City by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, an American organization, to share their safety tactics and views on the state of journalism.

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