July 19, 2021
In her article, “Manuel Buendía: To Kill a Journalist,” Jackson School Assistant Professor Vanessa Freije analyzes the 1984 assassination of Mexico’s most famous journalist, Manuel Buendía, and connects it to
June 7, 2021
In her article titled “The Hard Work of Fraud. Winning Elections and Losing Legitimacy in Chihuahua” Jackson School Assistant Professor Vanessa Freije analyzes Mexico’s upcoming elections. A Spanish version of the article
February 19, 2021
In “Australia, fighting Facebook, is the latest country to struggle against foreign influence on journalism” Assistant Professor Vanessa Freije analyzes the recent Facebook ban on Australians finding or sharing news on
October 15, 2020
In her new book entitled “Citizens of Scandal: Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico” published by Duke University Press, on Oct. 16, 2020, Jackson School Assistant Professor
April 20, 2020
An article on “Speaking of Sterilization: Rumors, the Urban Poor and the Public Sphere in Greater Mexico City,” HAHR 99:2 (2019), written by Vanessa Freije, assistant professor at the Jackson School, has
March 16, 2020
Vanessa Freije, Assistant Professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies discusses, “Why Narcos Mexico Is Not the Education We Need,” when reviewing the critically acclaimed Netflix series. “It
March 9, 2020
In the NACLA Report on the Americas, one of the premier sites for in-depth reporting and analysis on the Americas regions that serves as a bridge between academic researchers and the public,
July 3, 2018
The July 1 election represented one of the most violent election seasons in Mexico: 130 campaigners and staffers were assassinated. In spite of the violence, there was an impressive turnout,
May 7, 2018
Associate Professor and Chair of Latin America and Caribbean Studies José Antonio (Tony) Lucero and Assistant Professor Vanessa Freije are among U.S. academics and civic leaders who sent an open letter on May
March 28, 2016
Jackson School Assistant Professor Vanessa Freije has won the Latin American Studies Association Mexico Dissertation Prize and the Margaret A. Blanchard Dissertation Prize, the latter for which is awarded by