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‘Our Job Is Not to Change the World, but to Continue to Believe That We Can Do So’ - Columbia Journalism Review

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A courageous Salvadoran journalist says that to ‘tell at least one truth’ means there is ‘one less lie fluttering around in the world.’ Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. On Oct. 8, Carlos Ernesto Martínez was recognized at the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes, which honor journalists and news organizations for career excellence and coverage of the Western Hemisphere that furthers inter-American understanding. Founded in 1938, the prizes are the oldest international journalism awards. Over more than two decades, Martínez has established an outstanding journalism career in El Salvador and beyond that has made him one of the leading reporters in the Western Hemisphere. Today, his coverage of the expansion of gang activity is mandatory reading for anyone who wants to understand how criminal networks are devastating Central America, and how their influence is spreading across Mexico and the United States. He spent a decade investigating the phenomenon of violence in the Northern

‘Our Job Is Not to Change the World, but to Continue to Believe That We Can Do So’ - Columbia Journalism Review --> b Carlos Ernesto Martínez of El Faro (El Salvador) was awarded the Maria Moors Cabot Prize on Oct. 8 at Casa Italiana, Columbia University. Seated, left to right, were Jelani Cobb, dean of Columbia Journalism School; Abi E. Wright, director of professional prizes at the school; and Rosental Alves, chair of the Cabot Prizes Board. (Sewell Chan / CJR) b Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter . On Oct. 8, Carlos Ernesto Martínez was recognized at the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes, which ho

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