Full Biography
Sandra Rodr铆guez Nieto is an investigative journalist based in Ciudad Ju谩rez since 2003, and the author of 鈥淟a f谩brica del crimen鈥 (Planeta 2012). As a reporter, mostly for El Diario de Ju谩rez, she has written about corruption, maquiladoras, criminal justice, and urban development. Since 2008, she has focused on the violence that has ravaged the city. In 2010, she received the 鈥淩eporteros de El Mundo鈥 award; in 2011, the Knight International Journalism Award; and in 2012 the Zenger Award from School of Journalism of the University of Arizona. In 2013, she was selected to be a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University where she will spend the 2013 鈥 2014 academic year.
