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Jude Joffe-Block

Senior Field Correspondent

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Senior Field Correspondent Jude Joffe-Block (Phoenix) caught the radio bug while assisting a radio reporter in Mexico, and has been happiest wearing headphones and pointing microphones ever since. She initiated Fronteras Desk coverage in Las Vegas as the project's first Senior Field Correspondent there. She then joined the Phoenix newsroom in July 2012. Previously, she contributed stories on immigration and criminal justice to KALW in San Francisco and multimedia content in both Spanish and English to the Associated Press in Mexico. She is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and Yale University, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico.

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Arts & Culture

Preserving Mexican Dance Traditions In Sin City

Jude Joffe-Block

The ritual is known as the Dance of the Matachines, and it dates back to the Spanish Conquest.
Public Safety

Where Does Pot Come From: Domestic Growers Or Mexican Cartels?

Jude Joffe-Block

The fact is that when you buy pot on the black market, there's usually no way to know where it came from.
Economy

Calderon: Only Shots For Spring Breakers Were Tequila Shots

Jude Joffe-Block

The Mexican president insisted that of the more than 22 million foreign tourists that visited Mexico last year, almost none were impacted by drug violence.
Border & Immigration

Hunting Drug Smugglers On US Highways

Jude Joffe-Block

Federal officials cannot stop all of the illicit drugs entering the country. So they teamed up with local cops to target vehicles smuggling drugs on highways across the southwest and beyond.
Management Of Grand Canyon Skywalk On Shaky Ground

Jude Joffe-Block

There are accusations of breach of contract and transgressions on both sides. But both sides can agree that the Skywalk is drawing tourists.
Politics

Nevada Redistricting Fight Being Shaped By Growing Latino Voters

Jude Joffe-Block

Nevada grew by more than 700,000 people during the last decade, and almost half of that new population is Latino. The state as a whole is now one-quarter Hispanic. That growth means Nevada qualifies for a fourth congressional seat.