Mexican Watchdogs

In the first narrative history in English of Mexico's contemporary press, Andrew Paxman recounts the evolution of print media between the 98 s and the present. From widespread subservience towards authority to playing a watchdog role as the country democratized, Mexico's media underwent drastic changes in its roles and functions.<br/><br/>Paxman also traces how the media responded to outright state hostility and major threats to its existence, including a war on drugs that made Mexico the riskiest country for reporters outside a combat zone, a decline in revenue as readers and advertisers migrated to the internet, a partial return to government cooptation. Based on interviews with 8 current and former journalists and extensive research in newspaper libraries, <i>Mexican Watchdogs</i> interweaves critical analysis with the stories of key reporters, editors, and publishers as well as the trajectories of Mexico's leading print and on-line media.