Melissa del Bosque interviews Fernando “Fernie” Quiroz, director of the AZ-CA Humanitarian Coalition that provides aid to asylum seekers in Yuma, Arizona.

We’re two longtime border journalists, Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller, based in Tucson, Arizona. In September 2021, we launched The Border Chronicle, an independent, subscriber-supported publication. The Border Chronicle provides context, analysis, and in-depth coverage of the U.S.-Mexico border region.

We’ve now published more than 200 articles, podcasts, and discussion threads on issues ranging from climate change and migration to border militarization. As a two-person newsroom, we enjoy bringing you the latest from the borderlands, but we also recognize that there are many fascinating stories to be told along the nearly 2,000-mile-long border, and we can’t cover them all.

Help Us Bring You More Local Border Journalism in 2024

That’s why we’re asking for your help: in 2024 we want to hire additional freelance reporters to cover health and environment issues in the borderlands. We also want to commission more in-depth reporting on border policing. For instance, we’d like to focus on how Border Patrol agents police border communities and what that means for residents and people migrating through the area. We will also use some of these funds to hire a part-time editor and fact-checker.

We already have in mind some amazing journalists we’d love to work with. And we know you are really going to enjoy reading their work in The Border Chronicle. That’s why we’re asking you to make a tax-deductible donation today, through our partner the Local News Fund, so that in 2024 we can bring you more comprehensive coverage from the borderlands.

Thank you so much for your support. It really makes a difference.

Un abrazo desde Tucson,

Melissa & Todd

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