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  • Interview

    Apr 6 2011

    Confronting Cruelty: Q&A With Cecilia Ballí

    By Tanya Paperny

    A 2010 Dart Ochberg fellow reflects on how her work as a cultural anthropologist shapes her approach to journalistic and literary storytelling.

  • Dart Award Winner

    Yolanda's Crossing

    Jacinta Aguilar Borques bathes in the river in La Barra del Potrero, Mexico. At the same riv ...

    By Stella Chavez, Paul Meyer, and Lara Solt

    In rural Mexico , Yolanda Méndez Torres lived in a society where sexual violence against girls often goes unreported and unpunished. In America , she joined legions of undocumented abuse victims who have little hope of finding justice. This narrative series chronicles Yolanda's crossing between the two worlds. Originally published in The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX), in Dec., 2006.

  • Dart Award Honorable Mention

    Chasing Hope

    By David Hafetz and Rodolfo Gonzalez

    An article chronicling the injuries and recovery of Jacqueline Saburido, a spirited young woman burned and disfigured when a drunk driver veered into her car. Originally published in the Austin American-Statesman (Austin, TX) in 2002.

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