News/Noticias

[Mexico Connect]

The Atlas of the Lerma River-Lake Chapala basin has been published. Mexico Connect author Tony Burton was one contributor. You can download a free PDF file here:

http://www.ine.gob.mx/publicaciones/des ... lename=493

Alternately, hard copies can be ordered from the NGO Corazon de la Tierra - corazon_delatierra@yahoo.com.mx
Telephone in Guadalajara (33) 3 586-7590

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The Mexico edition of The Miami Herald - http://www.mexiconews.com.mx - will suspend publication as of June 1. The paper explains: "Due to economic considerations the paper will close until further notice."

Details
http://www.mexiconews.com.mx/miami/24772.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Herald_Mexico

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Hiring Editors and Reporters
Location: Mexico City
http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listi ... bID=789295

Description: The News, an English language daily based in Mexico City is relaunching this year. We are looking for editors and reporters to join us in this exciting new venture. Editors need a minimum of five years experience, reporters at least three years. Knowledge and interest in Mexico is a decided advantage. Fluency in Spanish is preferred. InDesign knowledge a plus. Please send your resumes, clips and references to publicrelations@thenews.com.mx with your preferred post in the subject line.

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New blog

Mexico Premiere
http://www.mexicopremiere.com

[jsmitchell]

Chich

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Americas - Global Voices
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/-/world/americas

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Elsewhere on the Web

Mexico News Blogs
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/period ... .html#blog

Mexico Premiere
http://www.mexicopremiere.com

Beyond the Border
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/mexico

Jonathan Heath
http://www.jonathanheath.net

Mexico Reporter
http://mexicoreporter.wordpress.com

Uncovering Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/2k4rl7

Staring at Strangers
http://staringatstrangers.typepad.com

More about blogs
http://www.planeta.com/web/epublication.html

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Newspapers Cut Mexico Coverage - David Simmonds/Mexico Premiere
http://www.mexicopremiere.com/?p=426

[quote]By now it is no secret that print-format newspapers are in trouble. As advertisers flock to the web, major dailies throughout the country are cutting staff as well as their focus on how they cover news ... With declining revenues, the standard format model is changing, with some papers becoming

[Bill Hinchberger]

Friends with Mexico connections,

One of my clients, the Geneva-based World Economic Forum, is looking for a few native English-speaking freelancer journalits to join me as

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Joshua Berman is an award-winning travel author, book editor, and savvy blogmaster. Author of Moon Belize, Moon Nicaragua, and Living abroad in Nicarauga, Berman makes Central America fun again for the eco traveler. He is particularly knowledgeable about studying and volunteering abroad, and recently returned from a 16-month, round-the-world, volunteer honeymoon with his wife, Sutay.

Joshua has agreed to participate in a Q&A hosted on the Planeta Forum:
http://forum.planeta.com/viewtopic.php?t=1171

News
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/weavin ... erman.html

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Transitions Abroad
http://www.transitionsabroad.com

Responsible Travel and Ecotourism in Mexico and Central America
http://tinyurl.com/6degxy

Latin America is the cradle of ecotourism. First touted as a development strategy to preserve the wilderness and development employment in Celest

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Online Newspapers in Latin America: Latest Trends in Staffing, Content and Revenue
By Guillermo Franco, Julio C

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In its 30th annual

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I Heart Central America