Vicente Calderón is a bilingual journalist based in Tijuana, Mexico.


With more than 30 years practicing journalism on both sides of the border, Vicente Calderón understands like few others the dynamics of the news in the region where Mexico and the United States meet.

Calderón is an "All Read moreterrain" journalist with a long career that began in Tijuana radio and has been on television in Los Angeles where he served as a reporter and news anchor or in San Diego, where he was a correspondent for Mexican media. Currently he runs Tijuanapress.com, an information services agency for national and foreign media in both English and Spanish.

The agency has the blog of the same name that he created more than 15 years ago, being the first online native medium in this border city.

Tijuanapress.com is also dedicated to the training and professional development of journalists and the promotion and defense of freedom of expression.
Vicente Calderón graduated from the School of Clinical Psychology at CETYS University in Tijuana, Mexico.

Magdalena Rojo is a freelance journalist covering global issues and human rights from the field, mostly in developing countries. Rojo comes from Slovakia, however, driven by her desire for a fairer world and common understanding, she has traveled countries on four continents. Exploring the world Read morewith an open mind and listening to people with diverse ideas is what makes her feel alive.

Six years ago, she co-founded the long-term, global project Women Who Stay that brings a different perspective on migration – the perspective of women left behind after their male counterparts migrate. She pursues this project together with her husband, a photographer, Noel Rojo.

Within the project, Magdalena and Noel explore slow journalism and anthropology. They spend weeks or months with people they write about in order to understand them and their environment and to gain their trust.

As a journalist fellow for the Spiritual Exemplars Project by the University of Southern California, she followed community leaders who are changing lives. She has been published in international media outlets, such as e.g. News Deeply/TNH, Deutsche Welle, Mongabay, and national media in Slovakia, Czechia, and the U.S. She was nominated for the Slovak Press Award with her reportage about Cuba in 2013.

Tamara Pearson has been a journalist for 22 years, and an editor as well for a total of 12 of those. She is based in Puebla, Mexico.

I am The Economist's Bureau Chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. I am interested in, and write about, everything from politics and business to social affairs in the region. I was previously the newspaper's Tokyo Bureau Chief and Middle East Bureau Chief. I have taken part in panel Read moredebates and phone-ins on numerous radio stations including the BBC and NPR. I have written pieces for other outlets including the New York Review of Books and London Review of Books.

Ducasse Mackendy is a journalist based in Tijuana Baja California , Mexico.

Irma Gallo is a media reporter, journalist and author based in Mexico City, Mexico. Specialized on culture, women rights, books. 
As an author, she has published three books. 
She has been editor at Lee +, magazine of Gandhi Bookstores and Me lo dijo Lola, a Grupo Imagen website specialized on Read moreMotherhood, Child rearing, Beauty, etc.

Alberto Solalinde is an award-winning film director, cinematographer, video journalist and photojournalist based in Mexico with the possibility to travel anywhere in Mexico or any country.  

He has directed and worked in 3 feature documentaries. He just came back from Nepal after finishing the Read morepreproduction of a documentary in Nepal about the Sherpas and the latest Earthquakes in Nepal. By the beginning of 2016 Solalinde finished working on the edition of "Trial by Fire" (2016) an award-winning documentary that covers a disease called CRPS/RSD, exploring cases of people who have a complex regional pain syndrome with no cure.

Alberto is always ready to film and shoot with his cameras. He has traveled to film or make stories to many countries: Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Nigeria, Nepal, United Arab Emirates and China 

Solalinde is film director recognized in film festivals across the world as: Habana Film Festival, Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara (FICG 30), West African Film Festival, Hollywood Florida Film Festival, NYC Independent Film Awards, Charlotte Black Film Festival, Miami Independent Film Festival, among others.

He has won different awards in recognised companies such as CNN and National Geographic for his work in the recent years, he has worked in videos, films and productions for Ethan Films, Canon, CBC news, Nom Labs and United Nations to name a few.

Films/video: 
https://vimeo.com/betosolalinde

Website:
www.albertosolalinde.com

Jon Bonfiglio is Latin America Correspondent for The Times and also regularly broadcasts on the region for Talk Radio and Talk Sport. 

Bonfiglio is also Managing Editor of Currents, the Plastic Oceans magazine, and frequently contributes to other international media outlets including Euronews, Read moreCultura Colectiva, Ours to Save, & Drain Magazine.