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SUMMARY:North American Regional Forum lunch
DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speaker: Natalie Kitroeff (Mexico City bureau chief f
 or The New York Times)\n\nNatalie is the Mexico City Bureau Chief for Th
 e New York Times\, leading their coverage of Mexico\, Central America an
 d the Caribbean.\n\nWhat Natalie Covers\nNatalie's beat encompasses a va
 st region that includes Mexico and more than a dozen countries in Centra
 l America and the Caribbean. She's always trying to find ways to bring r
 eaders into these worlds\, with stories that reflect the biggest moments
  in politics\, culture and economic life in these places\, while also go
 ing deep on investigations that uncover the inner workings of institutio
 ns that operate in secrecy.\n\nShe loves breaking news and revealing fac
 ts that governments\, businesses and powerful people want to keep hidden
 . That often requires months of gathering documents\, gaining the trust 
 of sources with direct knowledge of the issue and getting as much on-the
 -record response as possible from the key players involved.\n\nShe's wri
 tten about allegations that the Guatemalan president received a bribe of
  cash rolled up into a carpet and has pored over 23\,000 unpublished tex
 t messages between cartel members and the authorities responsible for th
 e abduction and massacre of 43 students in Mexico. She's told the story 
 of a mother in Haiti who tried to save her child from the gang wars\, an
 d a mother in El Salvador who supports the president responsible for jai
 ling her son.\n\nBackground\nBefore moving to Mexico\, Natalie worked on
  The Times business desk in New York\, covering everything from the Boei
 ng 737 Max crashes to pregnancy discrimination to the economy under Pres
 ident Donald J. Trump. She previously worked as a reporter at Bloomberg 
 and The Los Angeles Times. She has an undergraduate degree in public pol
 icy from Princeton University\, grew up outside Philadelphia and roots f
 or the Philadelphia Eagles (go birds!).\n\nJournalistic Ethics\nNatalie 
 is committed to protecting her sources\, rigorously fact checking her st
 ories\, and tries to hear out every side of every issue. She corrects er
 rors\, does not participate in politics or make political donations and 
 gives those involved in any story the chance to respond to the reports b
 efore publication.\n\n\nPrice: $95\n
LOCATION:GALERI RESTAURANT\, LEVEL E3
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