From the Editor

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In August 1999, Jaime Garzon, a popular political satirist, was gunned down on his way to the Bogota radio station where he worked. The murder sparked an outpouring of protests and mourning in Colombia and received extensive coverage in the international press. Regrettably, however, the murder of a journalist is an all too common occurrence in much of Latin America. Scores of less famous reporters, photographers and editors in the region have lost their lives in the past decade as a direct result of their work, without receiving the same public attention.

This issue of Hemisphere focuses on journalism in Latin America, in both its positive and negative aspects. In his article …