Puente: binational, bilingual project aims to cover the border with nuance
by Timothy Pratt from on (#5GTBJ)
Collaborative of seven digital, TV and radio outlets from El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, join forces to report on immigration through different lens than most national media'
Editor Bob Moore sits at his desk in El Paso, Texas, and turns up the volume on his Zoom meeting English-language channel, where a simultaneous interpreter helps him understand his Spanish-speaking counterpart, Rocio Gallegos, who also sits at her desk, across the border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
It's Monday, time for another editorial meeting at the first binational, bilingual border journalism project in the US - or maybe anywhere.
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