Maria Hinojosa is the host of "One on One" on WGBH and "Latino USA" on NPR, and has a long and illustrious broadcast journalism career. Her work on the recent Frontline series "Lost in Detention" exposed sexual assault in immigration detention centers. She discusses what she has learned about reporting on violence across cultures. Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, introduces.
This video is from a two-day workshop held at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in October, 2011, made possible by generous funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: "Out of the Shadows: Reporting on Intimate Partner Violence."
Maria Hinojosa
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Maria Hinojosa is an award-winning journalist and writer. Hinojosa is President of The Futuro Media Group and the anchor of the weekly NPR program “Latino USA,” WGBH’s “One on One with Maria Hinojosa” and V-me’s “La Plaza: Conversaciones con María Hinojosa.” She was senior correspondent on “NOW, with David Brancaccio,” and continues to be a contributor to PBS.
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