Latin American Research Review (Mar 2021)
The Challenges to Mexico’s Press, Past and Present
Abstract
This essay reviews the following works: La red de los espejos: Una historia del diario Excélsior, 1916–1976. By Arno Burkholder, Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2016. Pp. 187. 140.00 pesos paperback. ISBN: 9786071637208. Callar o morir en Veracruz: Violencia y medios de comunicación en el sexenio de Javier Duarte (2010–2016). By Celia del Palacio Montiel. Mexico City: Juan Pablos, 2018. Pp. 424. 300.00 pesos paperback. ISBN: 9786077114598. Historia crítica del periodismo mexicano. By Humberto Musacchio. Mexico City: Luna Media Comunicación, 2016. Pp. 259. 200 pesos paperback. ISBN: 9786079736705. Unwanted Witnesses: Journalists and Conflict in Contemporary Latin America. By Gabriela Polit Dueñas. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019. Pp. xv + 168. $40.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9780822945833. “Se solicitan reporteros”: Historia oral del periodismo mexicano en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. By Ana María Serna. Mexico City: Editorial Mora, 2015. Pp. 383. 229.00 pesos paperback. ISBN: 9786079475161. The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940–1976: Stories from the Newsroom, Stories from the Street. By Benjamin T. Smith. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018. Pp. xiv + 366. $37.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781469638089. Narcoperiodismo: La prensa en medio del crimen y la denuncia. By Javier Valdez Cárdenas. Mexico City: Aguilar, 2016. Pp. 109.00 pesos paperback. ISBN: 9786073147118.