Alfredo Corchado

About Alfredo Corchado

Alfredo Corchado

Alfredo Corchado, a 2009 Nieman Fellow, is the author of “Midnight in Mexico” and co-director of the Borderlands Program at the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.

Stand and Deliver

By Journalist’s Trade February 6, 2014

So, what’s your story?” asked Lea Thau, creator of “The Moth Radio Hour.” “I understand you came from Mexico as a young kid.” Thus began a series of questions to figure out whether I had a story to tell … Read more

A Year of Reinvention

By Journalist’s Trade December 8, 2011

Ours was a year of uncertainty, especially after reverberations from September’s economic crash worked their way through the global economy. It was the fall of 2008, and my Nieman year was beginning. As our class came together, we sensed that … Read more