Killing the Story: Journalists Risking Their Lives to Uncover the Truth in Mexico
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Killing the Story: Journalists Risking Their Lives to Uncover the Truth in Mexico
By (Author) Temoris Grecko
Translated by Diane Stockwell
The New Press
The New Press
27th October 2020
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Media, entertainment, information and communication industries
Corruption in politics, government and society
Terrorism, armed struggle
News media and journalism
Media studies: journalism
079.72
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 139mm, Height 215mm
Description
Platform: Grecko is a well-known, prolific journalist and filmmaker in Mexico, known for his coverage of violence against journalists, with 11.7K followers on Twitter and 19.5K followers on Facebook.
English: Grecko is comfortable speaking in English.
PEN: PEN has expressed interest in inviting him to the U.S.
Topical: Mexico remains one of the most dangerous countries for reporters, with three journalists killed this year as of early April. The book will be of interest to journalists, journalism organizations, and organization concerned with freedom of press, such as the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Reviews
Praise for Killing the Story:
"Grecko and translator Stockwell recount these troubling case studies in lucid and vivid prose. The result is a deeply disturbing account of the lengths powerful interests will go to keep their secrets hidden."
Publishers Weekly
"Killing the Story is an ardent and personal tribute to the reporters who have sacrificed and lost their lives fighting to uncover the truth in corruption-riddled Mexico."
Shelf Awareness
Greckos book examines the most perilous corners of Mexican journalism over the past two decades. . . . Grecko is not just a skilled reporter, but a sensitive writer who provides vivid reports of his fallen comrades.
Times Literary Supplement
"Both a tribute to Mexico's persecuted journalists and a lucid analysis of the twenty-first-century Mexican state, Tmoris Grecko's new book Killing the Story depicts in great detail the dynamics driving violence against journalists in Mexico."
Madeleine Wattenbarger, The Baffler
Author Bio
Tmoris Grecko is a journalist who has worked in ninety-one countries. A regular contributor to Proceso and Aristegui Noticias, he has published five books in Spanish. He has made two documentaries, Watching Them Die: The Mexican Army and the 43 Disappeared and The Truth Shall Not Be Killed. He lives in Mexico.
