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Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab

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Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab Wilhelm is a Mexican investigative journalist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2013 along with David Barstow.

Early life and education

Von Bertrab moved to Guadalajara from Mexico City at the age of 14. She studied communications at the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESO University) located in Guadalajara.[1] Before becoming a journalist, von Bertrab was involved in woodworking.[2]

She obtained an M.A. as an International Journalist at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism of the University of Southern California in 1996.[3]

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Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Mexico, while the Guadalajara metropolitan area has a population of 5,268,642 people, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in the country and the twentieth largest metropolitan area in the Americas Guadalajara has the second-highest population density in Mexico, with over 10,361 people per square kilometer. Within Mexico, Guadalajara is a center of business, arts and culture, technology and tourism; as well as the economic center of the Bajío region. It usually ranks among the 100 most productive and globally competitive cities in the world. It is home to numerous landmarks, including Guadalajara Cathedral, the Teatro Degollado, the Templo Expiatorio, the UNESCO World Heritage site Hospicio Cabañas, and the San Juan de Dios Market—the largest indoor market in Latin America.

Woodworking

Woodworking

Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinet making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.

USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism comprises a School of Communication and a School of Journalism at the University of Southern California (USC). Starting July 2017, the school’s Dean is Willow Bay, succeeding Ernest J. Wilson III. The graduate program in Communications is consistently ranked first according to the QS World University Rankings.

University of Southern California

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California.

Career

At the age of 18, she became a radio host at her university. Two to three years later, in 1991, she became an investigative reporter at the newly founded local newspaper Siglo 21, one of the first Mexican newspapers to have a unit of investigative reporters. In 1992, she won Mexico's National Journalism Award (Spanish: Premio Nacional de Periodismo) for her coverage of gasoline explosions that destroyed over 8 miles of streets in Guadalajara and killed over 200, leaving 15,000 homeless. Siglo 21 was the only newspaper who covered the buildup to the explosion, with von Bertrab predicting the explosion in advance. Her other stories covered the marginalization of deaf people and villagers, as well as the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio and the role of passenger trains in Mexico in drug trafficking.[1][4]

She kept working at Siglo 21 as it became the newspaper Publico. She then moved to Mexico City. There, she worked as a freelance journalist and was the editor of the Expansion magazine of CNN and investigated health issues as well as other social topics for the Mexican edition of Cambio.[1][5] She made extensive use of the act on freedom of information in Mexico and investigated the lobbying strategies of the tobacco industry in 2010 and 2011.[3]

In 2012, she collaborated with The New York Times journalist David Barstow on "reports on how Wal-Mart used widespread bribery to dominate the market in Mexico, resulting in changes in company practices". The company was forced to release a report detailing how they intended to prevent corrupt practices in the future.[4][6] Her work with Barstow earned them the 2012 George Polk Award for Business Journalism,[5] the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting,[6] and the 2013 Gerald Loeb Award for Investigative business journalism.[7] She is the first Mexican woman to be awarded a Pulitzer in that field.[1]

Von Bertrab also won the 2013 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award.[4]

She has also been actively involved in the training of other Mexican journalists.[6]

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Spanish language

Spanish language

Spanish is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula. Today, it is a global language with about 486 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries. It is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico.

CNN

CNN

CNN is a multinational news channel and website headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

Cambio (magazine)

Cambio (magazine)

Cambio is a Colombian-based social, political and economics magazine. Founded with the name Cambio 16 it was later sold and Cambio in 1998 to nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez and other associates. In 2006 the magazine was sold to "Casa Editorial El Tiempo", the owner of Colombia's El Tiempo newspaper. The magazine ceased publication in February 2010.

Freedom of information

Freedom of information

Freedom of information is freedom of a person or people to publish and consume information. Access to information is the ability for an individual to seek, receive and impart information effectively. This sometimes includes "scientific, indigenous, and traditional knowledge; freedom of information, building of open knowledge resources, including open Internet and open standards, and open access and availability of data; preservation of digital heritage; respect for cultural and linguistic diversity, such as fostering access to local content in accessible languages; quality education for all, including lifelong and e-learning; diffusion of new media and information literacy and skills, and social inclusion online, including addressing inequalities based on skills, education, gender, age, race, ethnicity, and accessibility by those with disabilities; and the development of connectivity and affordable ICTs, including mobile, the Internet, and broadband infrastructures".

The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times, also referred to as the Gray Lady, is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2022 to comprise 740,000 paid print subscribers, and 8.6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as The Daily. Founded in 1851, it is published by The New York Times Company. The Times has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print, it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the United States. The newspaper is headquartered at The New York Times Building in Times Square, Manhattan.

Source: "Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2021, January 31st), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandra_Xanic_von_Bertrab.

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References
  1. ^ a b c d "Mexican journalist wins Putlizer for Wal-Mart corruption exposé". The Guadalajara Reporter. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Four tips for thriving as an investigative freelance reporter". ijnet. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Alumna von Bertrab wins 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting". USC Annenberg. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab Wilhelm". International Center for Journalists. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab Wilhelm". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "David Barstow and Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab of The New York Times". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. ^ "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2013 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". PR Newswire. June 25, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
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