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Rafael Lorente

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Affiliate Faculty, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Philip Merrill College of Journalism

 (202) 628-1673

529 14th St NW, Washington, D.C. Suite 950
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Research Expertise

Information Ethics and Social Inclusion

Rafael Lorente is the Washington bureau chief of Capital News Service and the director of the master's program in journalism. Lorente is a former reporter with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the Miami Herald. As a reporter in Washington for the Sun-Sentinel, Lorente covered the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, the attacks of Sept. 11, and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America, particularly Cuba.

Publications

Journalism educators have a moral obligation to their students.

Democracy cannot survive for long without a vibrant and independent press.

Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Author/Lead: Rafael Lorente
Dates: -

Lorente discusses his observations of 30 years as a reporter, editor, teacher and journalism school administrator on how the journalism’s business model and its bond of trust with Americans are weakening to the breaking point.

Service & Outreach

Rafael Lorente joins the board of a new organization called the Center for Media Integrity of the Americas.

The goal of the Center is to train and support journalists in Latin America.

Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Author/Lead: Rafael Lorente
Dates: -

Rafael Lorente, Associate Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism and LACS Affiliate Faculty joins the inagural board of the new Center for Media Integrity of the Americas.