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    The Critical Role of the Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Journalists discuss the critical role that media has during the coronavirus crisis in Latin America.

    Conversation: 2 to 3 pm ET

    Location
    Cisco Webex
    Online
    Live Broadcast

    Live broadcast

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    Overview

    As citizens stay sheltered during the COVID-19 pandemic, news organizations have become the main sources of access to the outside world. With a torrent of information available and the growing threat of disinformation and populist leaders, news organizations have the responsibility to provide the most reliable news to keep viewers and readers informed.

    Please join us in a virtual on-the-record conversation with journalists to discuss the critical role that media organizations have during the coronavirus crisis in Latin America.

    Speakers:

    • Laura Bonilla, Correspondent, Agence France-Presse - AFP | @LauraBonillaCal
    • Nacha Cattan, Mexico Bureau Chief, Bloomberg | @Nncattan
    • Tim Padgett, Americas Editor, Miami NPR affiliate WLRN | @TimPadgett2
    • Tom Phillips, Latin America Correspondent, The Guardian | @Tomphillipsin
    • Cecilia Tornaghi, Managing Editor, Americas Quarterly | @Ctornaghi

    In case you need assistance, please contact Francisco Martínez on fmartinez@as-coa.org. For press inquiries, please contact mediarelations@as-coa.org.

     

     

    Speakers

    Laura Bonilla
    Correspondent, Agence France-Presse - AFP

    Laura Bonilla is a New York correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP), where she has been working for more than 20 years. Before becoming a New York correspondent, she was the news editor/deputy bureau chief of AFP in Brazil, where she reported and coordinated the multimedia...

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    Nacha Cattan
    México Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News

    Nacha Cattan is the Bloomberg News Bureau chief in Mexico City, where she leads a team of reporters and editors. Jointly, the team produces more news about business and the economy than any other international media outlet in Mexico. Before becoming Bureau Chief in November 2019...

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    Tim Padgett
    Americas Editor, Miami NPR affiliate WLRN

    Tim Padgett is the Americas editor for Miami NPR affiliate WLRN, covering Latin America, the Caribbean and their key relationship with South Florida. He has reported on Latin America for almost 30 years - for Newsweek as its Mexico City bureau chief from 1990 to 1996, and for...

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    Tom Phillips
    Latin America Correspondent, The Guardian

    Tom Phillips is the Guardian's Latin America correspondent and is based in Mexico City. In almost 15 years as a foreign correspondent he has reported from around two dozen countries covering major stories including the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the rise of Chinese strongman Xi...

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    Cecilia Tornaghi
    Cecilia Tornaghi
    Managing Editor, Americas Quarterly; Senior Director of Policy, AS/COA

    Cecilia Tornaghi is the managing editor of Americas Quarterly. A Brazilian-American journalist, she has been covering Latin America for the last 25 years with a focus on policy, business and economics. She spent 13 years at Bloomberg, starting as a Nasdaq reporter, then as an...

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