IRE Radio Podcast | Beyond the Border

How do you cover a topic as complicated and divisive as immigration? On this episode, Jay Root and Todd Wiseman take us through the Texas Tribune’s approach. Their “Bordering on Insecurity” project went beyond border walls and sanctuary cities to explain the deeper issues at play in the immigration debate. The reporters talked their way onto a crime scene in El Salvador, calculated how many people in Texas prisons were undocumented, and investigated what feeds the demand for immigrant labor.

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EPISODE NOTES

Looking for links to the stories and resources we discussed on this week's podcast? We've collected them for you.

• Read “Bordering on Insecurity” on the Texas Tribune’s website.
• Watch “To Die or to Leave: Migrants flee the murder capital of the world,” the Texas Tribune’s mini-documentary produced as part of the “Bordering on Insecurity” project.
• Members only: Download IRE tipsheets on covering immigration.
• Members only: Learn more about “Bordering on Insecurity” by downloading and reading the Texas Tribune’s story questionnaire. (Look for file 27748_q.pdf)

CREDITS

Kara Tabor reported this episode. IRE Editorial Director Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. Blake Nelson illustrates our episode artwork. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.

MUSIC

• Delicious (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
• Inside the Paper Crane (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
• Petra (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
• The Telling (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
• Barge (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
• Pacing (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0