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"Newsrooms in Conflict: Journalism and the Democratization of Mexico"

Published: Oct. 26, 2006, 2:45 p.m.

b'tariq ali posterA talk by Sallie Hughes, Asst. Prof. in the School of Communication at the Univ. of Miami, on her book, Newsrooms in Conflict: Journalism and the Democratization of Mexico. The book examines the dramatic changes within Mexican society, politics, and journalism that transformed an authoritarian media institution into many conflicting styles of journalism with very different implications for deepening democracy in the country. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.'