Beyond The Border Project: Next Generation of Journalists

Sponsored by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Beyond the Border Project, involves journalism students from New York University who are under the direction of NAHJ member Yvonne Latty, who is a journalism professor there.

Check out the story behind the story on the Beyond the Border Project, in this video from Professor Latty:

With guidance from freelance journalists like NAHJ member Monica Campbell, who is a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, these student journalists are covering a myriad of stories: from human rights issues to the drug war’s impact on the Arizona-Mexico border.

Other freelance journalists who were selected to work as mentors on this project are:

• Giovanna Drpic
• Valeria Fernández
• Monica Ortiz Uribe
• Sergio Quintana

Check out their work on the Pavement Pieces blog at: http://pavementpieces.com.

Also helping to guide the project is University of Arizona journalism professor Dr. Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante.

Professor Latty wrote a blog piece for the NAHJ website about the Beyond the Border Project, explaining that inspiring the next generation of journalists to tell stories that are not being told was why she left the newsroom. Check out her blog at: http://www.nahj.org/2010/10/beyond.