Author: Diana Duran

2013 WPI Fellow

Judicial reporter, El Espectador
Bogota, Colombia


Posts by Diana Duran:

Colombianismos – A light in the darkness?

Colombianismos – A light in the darkness?

It is rewarding to realise that investigative journalism is not as dead as many (specially powerful people) would like it to be.     WPI fellows visited the ProPublica headquarters during their week in New York City.    Nowadays, it appears to be...
Colombianismos – Those forbidden words

Colombianismos – Those forbidden words

“That’s the way it is”: a phrase that should be deleted from our vocabulary.   Soybean crops near Tracy, MN. The grean ocean.    The following conversation took place in the morning of Aug. 26/2013, inside the scoopmobile, between...
Colombianismos – Let’s test Cargill

Colombianismos – Let’s test Cargill

Let’s see what Cargill people think “transparency” is about. Dear Cargill people:  Thank you very much for having us on Thursday morning in your mansion. Lunch was good, the fruits were tasty (particularly the strawberries and the pineapples)...