Amy Isackson
Border ReporterAmy Isackson was the border reporter at KPBS from 2004 to 2011. She covered breaking news and feature stories on California-Mexico border issues and immigration, for local and national broadcast. Amy got her start in public radio by pitching a series of stories about rural New Zealand - horse dentistry and sheep sheering - to Radio New Zealand's "Country Life" program. She then worked with Peabody Award-winning radio producers Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson, to help create the Sonic Memorial, a series of stories on the World Trade Center before, during and after 9/11. Amy's work has been recognized with awards from the Associated Press Television-Radio Association of California and Nevada, the California Chicano News Media Association, and the San Diego Press Club. She won the Sol Price Prize for Responsible Journalism in 2009 from the Society of Professional Journalists for her story about high school students smuggling people and drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border. Prior to venturing into the wonderful world of public radio, Amy worked for Yahoo! Inc. for nearly five years as an editorial surfer, associate producer and broadcast communications manager. She majored in Latin American History at Williams College. She grew up in San Diego and made frequent trips south of the border.
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Tijuana Mayor Jorge Ramos was in Mexico City for the last two days to ask federal officials for more support to fight the drug war in Tijuana. TijuanaPress.com Editor Vicente Caderón traveled to Mexico City. He joins us to talk about the mayor's visit for our series Border Battle: Bringing Home the Drug War.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration has released a new poster looking for information on 10 members of Tijuana's Arellano Felix Drug Cartel. Joining us on Morning Edition is KPBS Border Reporter Amy Isackson. -
Drug war violence in Tijuana has been in the headlines for months now, but what is being done to stop it? KPBS Border reporter Amy Isackson and Vicente Calderon have been given access to some of the intelligence gathered by Mexican authorities.
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For many people in Tijuana, life goes on in spite of the drug war thats claimed more than 350 lives since the end of September. But, for others, the violence and the constant threat that something might happen has sent them into despair. KPBS Border Reporter Amy Isackson talked with a woman at a recent peace march in the city and sent this audio postcard, as part of our continuing series Border Battle in collaboration with Tijuanapress.com.
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Mexican authorities say a San Diego gang may have planned to assassinate Baja California's top ranking security official and other Baja law enforcement officials. KPBS Reporter Amy Isackson has details.
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The battle between drug cartels in Tijuana has been so gruesome and so brazen recently, at times, it seems like something out of a movie. Some of the vehicles people have begun driving, in attempt to stay safe south of the border, also seem like they're straight off the big screen. KPBS Border Reporter Amy Isackson joins us this morning to talk about these cars that people on both sides of the border are buying.
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