In this season of the podcast, we will be focusing on different regions of the world and explore how language, and usage of certain words, in media reportage by journalists have a much deeper impact on the narrative formation and shaping of the sensibilities of the public. We will be delving deeper into journalism cultures in different parts of the world and how they function.

In our first episode, we are talking about Latin America, digging deeper into the language stereotypes that mainstream Western media propagates of unstable governments, drugs, violence, and all things wrong. 

Joining us on this episode is Dánae Vílchez. She is a Nicaraguan multimedia journalist who has extensively covered social movements and conflicts in the region and has rallied for media democracy. She has been a fellow with the International Center for Journalists and the International Women’s Media Foundation and has written for The Washington Post, Newsweek, and Pikara Magazine, among others. She is currently working with the Committee to Protect Journalists as their Central America Correspondent and also works with Open Democracy.

Producer: Shriya Roy

Host: Shriya Roy

Concept: Shriya Roy