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Episode Notes: We Need #TomateloEnSerioMX
🕑 Added 2020-07-02 14:31:47 +0000 UTC
theLFShow #294 episode notes, #TómateloEnSerioMX, Watch / Listen
Description: TómateloEnSerioMX is the hashtag under which journalists in Mexico have come together not only to protect themselves, but to stop the spread of misinformation in a country that is gearing up the fight against Covid-19. More than 80 Mexican media outlets, organizations and universities have organized under #TómateloEnSerioMx to unify their public health message, and they are focusing especially on women and other vulnerable people. Against all the odds, Jordy Meléndez Yúdico, María José Evia and Irasema Pineda Ramirez are experimenting with a new collaborative media model with lessons for US journalism. From the homeland of media magnate Carlos Slim, a story of how bigger may not be better and how collaboration can save lives.
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•Reporting On Economic Hardship
•Human Rights Abuses in Mexico
•The F-Word: Making American Journalism Great Again
•The F-Word: Lyra McKee, Shot Dead In Derry, Ireland, Reported on the Uncomfortable
•Forward Thinking on Covid-19: Platform Cooperativism to Keep Your Data Safe
Related Articles and Resources:
•Malvestida.com is a Mexico City based online publication centered around women's experiences from a positive, diverse and inclusive point of view.
•12 Journalists Have Been Killed In Mexico This year, The World’s Highest Toll
•Latin America and Reproductive Rights in the Time of COVID-19
•In Mexico, reporters covering COVID-19 face equipment shortages and government obstruction
•#HuirMigrarParir - Transnational project to understand the conditions of pregnant Venezuelan women who have fled their country to settle in neighboring countries.
•Hispanic Forum on Scientific Journalism - Largest effort in Spanish so far to discuss and systematize the main issues around Covid-19 from the angle of journalism and science.
•DISTINTAS LATITUDES - 8th Latin American Forum on Digital Media & Journalism
•DISTINTAS LATITUDES Workshop #AmericaTurbulenta on the Most Complex Issues of the Continent
Guest Bio:
•Jordy Meléndez Yúdico, Founder & Director of Distintas Latitudes
•María José Evia, Editor Malvestida
•Irasema Pineda Ramirez, Editor, Chilango
Featured ‘Music in the Middle’ of the Podcast:
Music in the Middle: “Sentir” by Ilse Hendrix, performing live for Chilango’s live sessions spotlighting local artists. Watch the full Chilango Music Session.
