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Immigrants Grapple With Man and ‘The Beast’

Photos and captions by Heather Stone/Chicago Tribune.Daisy Méndez Mendoza of Honduras cries as she describes how she was raped three years ago on her first trip across the border between…
September 15, 2006

Shrinking Space, Tight Budgets — And a Story Needing to Be Told

‘Despite the necessity to trim back on our ambition, we held tight to our vision of sharing the emotion of these women's stories with our readers.’
September 15, 2006

The Long Journey Captured in Single Moments

A project about women's global migration found a home in many different media within the Tribune Company.
September 15, 2006

On Ways of the Road

RELATED ARTICLESAlso by Sonia Nazario– “Ethical Dilemmas in Telling Enrique’s Story”– “Preparing for the Journey”– “On the Narrative Approach”I carried very little money on me, and I never brought the cell…
September 15, 2006

A Quiet Courage

Journalists demonstrate this kind of courage ‘while attention is focused elsewhere.’
June 15, 2006

Self-Censorship as a Reaction to Murders By Drug Cartels

‘The message of this newsroom assault was obvious: stop messing with drug-trafficking affairs.’
June 15, 2006

Journalism’s Triumphant Journey in Nepal

‘With the royal regime’s overt intentions to muzzle the press and radio, journalists have fought back to keep autocracy at bay and the flame of freedom burning.’
June 15, 2006

Words That Made a Difference

In the summer of 2005, Li Datong, editor of Freezing Point, a popular supplement that he edited for China Youth Daily, wrote a lengthy memo to the paper’s editor in…
June 15, 2006

Dictatorship and Democracy Require Different Kinds of Courage

‘Officials begged the magazine not to pursue the story and then they enticed us with rewards. All efforts to derail our reporting failed.’
June 15, 2006

Violence in Liberia Extends to Journalists

‘The government warned that any journalist or news organization that violated the ban would be considered and treated as “rebels.”’
June 15, 2006