Mexico’s brutal drug war has rattled that country’s sense of security, deepened its economic crisis and shifted attention from other pressing concerns. Leading journalists and scholars explore the roots of the violence, what its lasting impact may be, and how the drug war might be resolved. They examine ways that the narco-violence is affecting – and affected by – the United States. And they discuss how the U.S. press is covering the issue and what stories about Mexico we might be missing.

A panel of journalists who have covered Mexico discuss their work and their observations. They will be joined by the director of UC Berkeley’s Center for Latin American Studies to go behind the headlines and talk about the political and economic forces shaping Mexico today.

Andrew Becker, Center for Investigative Reporting

Steve Fainaru, Washington Post

Susan Ferriss, Sacramento Bee

Professor Harley Shaiken, UC Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies

Moderated by Tyche Hendricks, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism