|
With a history dating back 58 years, The News is proud to be the only English-language daily in Mexico.
Our daily circulation of 10,000 reaches out from Mexico City to the whole country.
The editorial philosophy is to provide a balanced, independent view of Mexico and give voice to the
voiceless. We are the focus for the community of foreigners living in Mexico, as well as for our loyal
Mexican readership.
Under the tagline “Mexico Explained” we bring you all the news you need to make informed decisions at
work, home and play.
Our coverage is divided into five sections.
Mexico: The latest news and analysis on politics, crime, society and public policy.
World: A window on international news in a global context. Coverage focuses on the most relevant
issues of today such as conflicts, the environment, international relations and immigration. It also
provides our readers an easy opportunity to keep up to date with events back home, wherever that
may be.
Business: All the latest on the economy and corporate news, at home and abroad. Whether you are
running a business, looking to invest or just want to make smarter financial decisions, we bring you all
you need to know.
Living: The best of Mexican culture, travel and food. Whether you are looking for a concert to go to, a
museum to visit or just want to take a weekend break you will find all the necessary information here.
Sports: Full local and international sports coverage with a depth and breadth unequalled in any
Mexican media. From baseball to cricket to golf we bring the news and analysis you want to read.
The News is a unique opportunity for companies to sell their products and services. We offer a
sophisticated readership of opinion leaders in business, diplomacy and politics with the highest average
disposable income of any mainstream media in Mexico. Companies who have put their faith in us, such
as Aeroméxico, Dell and Audi, have been rewarded by the response.
Our vision of a newspaper attracts loyalty and trust from readers and it is paying dividends.
Click on the names below to learn more about the people behind The News. Click on an e-mail address
to send that person a message.
|
|
General director
John Moody, our founding CEO, is a journalist and media consultant who has lived in Mexico for 14
years. After a decade of writing for foreign news organizations including Bloomberg, The New York
Times, Knight Ridder Financial News and Latin Finance, he helped in the launch of CNNExpansion.com
before taking up the challenge of relaunching The News. A Colombian by birth, half Irish by heritage
and an Englishman by education, John has made Mexico his home. His commitment to the newspaper
is to interfere in terms of quality but not content, leaving the editorial independent.
Editor-in-chief
Tom Buckley has lived and worked in Mexico since 1993, moving to the capital after completing his
master’s in Mexican History and Sociology at the University of Texas-Austin. His journalism experience
includes long stints at The News, where he worked as a reporter, section editor and managing editor
until the newspaper closed in December 2002. Tom then worked as managing editor of Business
Mexico, the American Chamber of Commerce’s monthly business magazine, and as associate editor at
The Herald Mexico.
Managing editor
Jonathan Clark returned to Mexico for the relaunch of The News after a year and a half of reporting on
the Arizona-Sonora border for the Sierra Vista Herald and Bisbee Daily Review newspapers. Previously,
he worked as an editor and reporter for The Herald Mexico in Mexico City, and prior to that, wrote
freelance stories from Oaxaca and Guanajuato after moving to Mexico from Ecuador in 2002. He has
written articles on Mexico and the border for publications including The New York Times, The Miami
Herald, The San Francisco Chronicle, El Universal, Business Mexico and Baseball America.
Mexico editor
Malcolm Beith came to Mexico in 2007 to work for The News, after seven years in New York as an editor
for Newsweek International. While based out of New York, he also did a reporting stint in the current
Iraq war, and was sent on several assignments to Mexico, Colombia, and Haiti, among other countries.
He has also written for various publications online and in print, among them the National Catholic
Reporter and Soldier of Fortune.
He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Occidental College in Los Angeles and was
born in Washington, D.C., in 1974.
World editor
Blake Lalonde arrived in Mexico in 1995 and worked as a sports editor at The News in Mexico City until
the newspaper’s closure in December 2002. A native of Pembroke, Ontario, in Canada, he has lived
in various parts of Mexico during his time here. His Canadian background, as well as his knowledge of
Mexico and the country’s own world view, offers an added element to The News’ World Section.
Blake studied psychology at Carlton University in Ottawa and the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon.
Business editor
Alexander Manda has worked as a journalist since 1994, beginning his career in London. He worked
for three years for Dow Jones writing about bond markets, and three years with Reuters writing about
emerging economies, before moving to Mexico in 2004. Since arriving here, Alex has focused on the
oil and chemical sectors, in addition to freelance reporting on a variety of topics. He has also lived and
worked in France and the United Arab Emirates.
Living editor
Cynthia Hawes is the former editor-in-chief of The Herald Mexico (2003-2007) and The News’ Web
site (2001-2002). She also worked as a foreign journalist in Mexico as a producer for ABC News and
regular contributor to ABC radio, CTV television of Canada, Newsday, Voice of America and the BBC,
among others. She served on the board of directors of the Foreign Journalist Association in Mexico
City and is the author of “Recursos, a Directory of U.S. Organizations/Institutions Dedicated to Mutual
Understanding with Mexico.” A naturalized Mexican, she has lived in the country for 25 years.
Sports editor
Brian Rausch spent 16 years with the Sun-Times Co. in Chicago as a reporter, editor and designer. He
moved to Mexico in 2006. He is a lifelong, diehard fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and also follows the
Mexico City Diablos Rojos.
National reporter
David Agren originally came south in 2002 as part of a student exchange at the University of Colima.
He participated in another study abroad semester two years later in Guadalajara and returned to the
country’s second-largest city in January 2005 after graduating from Mount Royal College in Calgary,
Alberta, to work as a reporter for an English-language weekly.
Prior to covering national affairs for The News, David worked as an intern in the Washington bureaus
of The Daily Telegraph and The Globe and Mail and reported for the Ottawa Citizen. He also covered
Western Mexico as a freelance reporter for clients that included Catholic News Service, World Politics
Review and several Canadian dailies.
Metro reporter
Nacha Cattan began her journalism career as a staff writer at the New York-based newspaper Forward.
In 2004, the native New Yorker picked up and left the big city for an even bigger one. Her plan was to
live in the D.F. for one year while traveling and brushing up on her Spanish. Four years later, Nacha is
happily settled into her Chilango lifestyle. At The News she enjoys covering human rights and women’s
issues, as well as the mafias that control basic services like trash collection and transportation.
Business reporter
Garrett Nasworthy graduated from the University of California, Davis with a double-degree in
International Relations and Spanish in March 2008. He has over a year of experience in Mexico-based
research. While based in Mexico City, he collaborated with Jeffrey Wright – a “graduate” of The News
– at Mexico Watch business newsletter. At Mexico Watch, Garrett co-published a report on Mexico’s
security industry, as a lead-up to this year’s U.S.-Mexico Mérida Initiative. While at UC Davis, Garrett
was a contributing editor at the International Affairs Journal, the first student-run academic journal of
its kind in the UC system.
Living reporters
Angela Moscarella was born in Mexico City and has an undergraduate degree in Hispanic literature and
a master’s in international journalism. She began her career in journalism at The News in 1988. From
there she went on to become the Spanish-language correspondent in Mexico City for United Press
International. She also worked as a reporter for VIP English-language radio. She later was head of the
translating department at El Universal newspaper and served a long stint as translator for the German
Press Agency, or DPA. Prior to joining The News once again, Angela was entertainment editor for Latin
America at The Associated Press.
Therese Margolis has two degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and one year of post-graduate
study at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM. She has been working in Mexico as a
journalist for more than 20 years. She has been published in numerous English- and Spanish-language
print media, and spent several years as a political and international commentator at Radio Fórmula and
Tele Fórmula. She has also worked in the Mexican and U.S. feature film industry and in Mexican public
broadcast television.
Copy editor
Max Brett grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from
Northwestern University, with an arts and sciences concentration in the theory and practice of visual
art. While at Northwestern, he was part of the Medill Innocence Project, reporting on two capital murder
cases in which the defendants were possible victims of miscarriages of justice. He has written for the
Chicago Reporter, an investigative magazine focusing exclusively on the city, and served as managing
editor for Extra Bilingual Newspaper, published in Spanish and English, and also based in Chicago.
Art director
Luzma Díaz de León Reyes is a graphic designer with a degree in journalism. She got her start in
newspapers during the launch of Reforma in 1993. She enjoyed a successful 12-year career there,
becoming the lead graphic designer for the Features Sections as well as the supplements, Web and
special projects teams. Luzma moved to Excélsior in 2006 to become creative coordinator for its
redesign and relaunch. She joined The News in 2007 to build and lead the graphic team for our re-launch
and to oversee our Web site. Luzma also teaches editorial design at Anáhuac del Sur University.
Web designer
Rosario Cruz is The News’ feature and custom publishing coordinator, as well as the designer in
charge of the Web site. Her newspaper career began in the early ´90s as art director at El Imparcial
in Hermosillo, Sonora. From 1996 to 1999 she was design editor of Sr. Fútbol magazine at Reforma
before becoming special projects design editor of the paper’s sports section. She spent 2001 working at
Harvard University’s art museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, before returning to Reforma in 2003,
first as a graphic editor, and then, starting in 2006, as design editor of the policy magazine Emeequis.
Prior to coming to The News, she was visual supplements publisher of four weekly sections at the Excélsior newspaper.
IT
Francisco Cándido, a specialist in Mac operations, has over 14 years of experience in the IT field. His
work with newspapers began at Reforma in 2001 as a support technician. He later worked at Diario de
México and Excélsior as IT manager before coming to The News to set up its IT department and help
relaunch the paper. He was born Chihuahua and lives in Mexico City.
Editorial cartoonist
Jorge del Ángel has been publishing his artwork in newspapers and books at the international and
national levels since 1985. His art has been shown at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City;
the Museum of Design in Legnica, Poland; the Museum Le Martell in France; and the Institute of
Contemporary Art in Toronto. His most recent books are “Diario de un niño en el mundo,” or “Diary of
a Child in the World,” and “Cuentos para una noche de insomnio,” or “Tales for a Night of Insomnia.” He
won SND news design awards in 1997, 2000 and 2007.
|
