Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

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Lourdes Garcia-Navarro is a journalist who primarily reports on subjects relating to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean for National Public Radio.

1 Education
2 Career
- 2.1 Early career
- 2.2 Associated Press Radio
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Education

Garcia-Navarro holds a B.S. in International Relations^[1] from Georgetown University and an M.A. in journalism from City University in London. She is fluent in several languages, including Spanish and English.

[edit] Career

Garcia-Navarro primarily covers news affecting Central America and the Caribbean. Her work brings an insider's cultivated cultural perspective to a territory that also embraces her family's roots (incidentally, her parents are from the region).

[edit] Early career

Garcia-Navarro got her start in journalism as a freelancer with the BBC World Service and Voice of America, reporting from Cuba, Syria, Panama, and Europe. She later became a producer for Associated Press Television News (APTN) before transitioning to AP Radio.

[edit] Associated Press Radio

While there, Garcia-Navarro covered post-September 11 events in Afghanistan and developments in Jerusalem. Until August 2004, she was based in Iraq. She then moved to Mexico City for NPR. She was awarded the 5th Annual Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize in 2006. By April 2007, Ms. Garcia-Navarro was covering her sixth assignment in Iraq for NPR.