Our cross-border paleontology project titled Unearthed: The peaceful past of “the most violent city in the world” was awarded a gold medal (First Place) in the Reporting category of the José Vasconcelos Prize for Journalists in the state of Chihuahua.
The project by Ciudad Juárez journalist Gustavo Cabullo Madrid and photo journalist Juan Antonio Castillo in collaboration with El Paso journalist Aracely Lazcano, was recognized in October with the top reporting award for compelling, science-based storytelling that took readers to a period in time when the northern Mexican desert was a placid sea of warm, shallow water rich with biodiversity.
