Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Alleged Journalist Murderer Nabbed at Denny's

By Stan Alcorn

From a Denny's restaurant in Omaha comes a tale of cross-border drug smuggling, cross-media journalistic cooperation — and the long-awaited arrest of the alleged killer of a Mexican journalist.

The 2004 murder of Gregory Rodriguez, a photojournalist for the Sinaloa newspaper, El Debate, was an early harbinger of the wave of assassinations that have made Mexico the most dangerous country on earth for reporters outside of Iraq.  But now an alleged Mexican drug smuggler arrested in that Omaha Denny's has been implicated in Rodriguez's murder, report Dart Center Ochberg Fellows Karyn Spencer (2008) and Michel Marizco (2007). More »

Dart Fellow Wins Police Reporting Award

By Stan Alcorn

This year's Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting went to Karyn Spencer, a 2008 Ochberg Fellow, for her work on a two-week series in the Omaha World-Herald, exposing Nebraska's bungled coroner system. Rocky Mountain News has the announcement here. More »

Dart Center Announces 2008 Ochberg Fellows

The Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma has announced the recipients of the 2008 Ochberg Fellowships.