Does it matter who tells the story? Newspaper coverage of immigration across three Latin American countries

Fernando Severino, Sebastián Rivera, School of Communication and the Latin America and Latino, a studies program, Illinois State University, School of Government and Public Administration, Universidad Mayor

Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism

Published online on April 13, 2026

Abstract

Journalism, Ahead of Print.
This study examines the news media’s coverage of intraregional immigration issues in three Latin American countries –Colombia, Chile, and Mexico– from 2014 to 2018, when immigration became a salient political issue in these nations. We examine the news ...