Alejandro Junco de la Vega, El Norte Publisher, to Receive Missouri Honor Medal

“Alejandro Junco de la Vega, the publisher of El Norte in Mexico, will receive the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism for his courageous leadership in reforming journalism in that country.

Junco will present his Master Class on “Civic Journalism: A Different Approach” from 2-2:50 p.m., on Tuesday, March 7, Middlebush Auditorium. A formal presentation of the Honor Medal will be made at a luncheon on that same day at Reynolds Alumni Center on the University of Missouri campus.

Junco has built one of the most powerful newspaper conglomerates in Latin America, with dailies in Mexico’s three largest cities: Mexico City (Reforma), which today ranks number one among Mexico’s elite readership, Guadalajara (Mural) and Monterrey (El Norte).”

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