Killing the Story: Journalists Risking Their Lives to Uncover the Truth in Mexico

Killing the Story is a powerful documentary that explores the risks faced by journalists in Mexico, which has become one of the deadliest countries in the world for the profession. The film showcases the heroic work of reporters who have risked their lives to expose crime and corruption, including the murder of high-profile journalists such as Javier Valdez Cárdenas and Carmen Aristegui.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 03 September 2020
Publisher: The New Press

In 2017, Mexico surpassed Iraq and Syria to become the most lethal country for journalists in the world, with a staggering fourteen journalists killed throughout the year. The following year, another ten journalists were brutally slain, bringing the total number of journalists killed since the mid-2000s to nearly 150. In his groundbreaking book, Killing the Story, award-winning journalist and filmmaker Témoris Grecko delves into the courageous endeavors of journalists who risk their lives to expose crime and corruption. From the bustling streets of Veracruz to the national television studios of Mexico City, Grecko paints a vivid portrait of reporters at all levels, from the local self-trained journalist Moises Sanchez, whose dismembered body was found by the side of a road after he reported on corruption by the state's governor, to high-profile journalists like Javier Valdez Cárdenas, assassinated in the streets of Sinaloa, and Carmen Aristegui, who courageously fought against the forces attempting to censor her.

Killing the Story bears a striking resemblance to Charles Bowden's Murder City and Anna Politskaya's A Russian Diary, serving as a poignant memorial to the lives of Grecko's fallen colleagues. It provides a harrowing the country torn apart by brutality, hypocrisy, and corruption, while shedding light on the concerted efforts of those in power to silence those who seek to reveal the truth and bring an end to corruption.

Weight: 392g
Dimension: 147 x 223 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781620975022