Features

Chinese Migrants: Refreshing Reporting About a Longtime Trend

Concerns arise about the Chinese government’s limits on news coverage of migrant protests and worker abuse.

Fall 2006: Introduction

When I was a border correspondent, I learned to move between both sides, quickly and frequently, physically and mentally, while striving for balance. I learned to maneuver in gray areas.…

Journalists Patrol Ever-Changing Borders

Soon after the riots last year in France, I was reporting in a big gloomy housing project outside Paris known as La Dalle: The Slab. A cold wind rose off…

Becoming Part of the Story to Tell It to Others

‘In our approach to gathering this information, we knew there was a fine line between reporting and misrepresentation.’

Attempting to Bridge the Divide

‘Entering immigrant America on behalf of an English-language newspaper is, by definition, a cross-cultural experience.’
Coming Ashore

Coming Ashore

“Tranquilo, que ya llegaste!” (“Stay calm, you made it.”) a bystander (right) says to Cordoba as the officers restrain him Officers try to catch Cordoba and verify that he is…

Immigration to El Norte: Eight Stories of Hope and Peril

An Essay in Words and Photographs

Documenting Migration’s Revolving Door

An Essay in Words and Photographs

The Work of the Undocumented

Photos and captions by Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee.Just minutes after they rolled out of bed and off the motel floors at 3 a.m., Central Valley Forestry workers got a little…

Ethical Dilemmas in Telling Enrique’s Story

A reporter talks about the limits of intervening in risky situations and whether to fully identify vulnerable sources.