Puente News Collaborative is a bilingual nonprofit news organization, convener, and funder committed to preserving local news as a public good by investing in newsrooms, supporting journalists, and filling critical gaps in reporting across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Across the U.S., more than 3,200 local newspapers have shut down. Of the 25 counties along the U.S.-Mexico border, nearly half have only one or no newsroom at all.
With the collapse of local news, communities see a concerning decrease in voter participation, civic engagement, and government accountability reporting, and corresponding increases in community polarization, government waste, and disinformation campaigns.
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| June 27, 2025
Best of the West
Alfredo Corchado, Eduardo Garcia and Dudley Althaus grab third place with 'Mexico is about to elect its first woman president, but many doubt that will ease cartels’ grip.'read more
San Antonio Express-News | June 20, 2025
Alfredo Corchado
EAGLE PASS — President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs, attacks on social programs and crackdown on illegal immigration have unsettled some residents along the Texas-Mexico border, a region that overwhelmingly supported his re-election. read more
El Paso Times | May 16, 2025
Sandra Sadek & Gibran Caroline Boyce
SANTA TERESA, N.M. — Bandanas veiled ranchers’ mouths and noses, shielding them from heavy dust clouds kicked up by the Mexican herds of cattle crossing the United States-Mexico border. read more
"Alfredo Corchado, Eduardo Garcia and Dudley Althaus grab third place with 'Mexico is about to elect its first woman president, but many doubt that will ease cartels’ grip.'"