The Justice in Mexico Project, the Department of Political Science & International Relations, and the Latin American Studies Program at the University of San Diego are pleased to invite you to:
La Tertulia Speaker Series: A Conversation with Carrie Kahn NPR Mexico’s Correspondent
Thursday Febryary 6, 2014 4:00 to 5:30 pm.
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall Executive Classroom, SOLES (MRH-102)
Cost: Free (Donations welcome). No RSVP needed.
Carrie Kahn is National Public Radio’s international correspondent based in Mexico City, covering all of Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. Kahn’s reports can be heard on NPR’s award-winning news programs, including All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition. Prior to her post in Mexico, Kahn had been a National Correspondent based in Los Angeles since joining NPR in 2003, at KQED in San Francisco from 2001-2003, and at KPBS in San Diego from 1994-2001. Over the years, Kahn has regularly reported on Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico border region, covering politics, NAFTA, immigration, and cross-border issues. She was the first NPR reporter into Haiti after the devastating earthquake in early 2010, and has returned to the country six times in the two years since to detail recovery and relief efforts, and the political climate. She has also covered her share of hurricanes since, as well as fire storms and mudslides and the controversial life and death of pop-icon Michael Jackson. Ms. Kahn has received numerous awards, including back-to-back Sol Price Awards for Responsible Journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Headliner Award for Best in Show and Best Investigative Story for her work covering U.S. informants involved in Mexico’s drug war, the California/Nevada Associated Press award for Best News Feature, eight Golden Mike Awards from the Radio & TV News Association of Southern California, three consecutive La Pluma Awards from the California Chicano News Media Association, and numerous prizes from the San Diego Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists of San Diego. She was also awarded a Pew Fellowship in International Journalism at Johns Hopkins University, and her work has been cited for fairness and balance by the Poynter Institute of Media Studies.
