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Borderland Beat is a prominent English language narco blog〔("Mexico: 49 Decapitated Bodies Likely Victims Of Drug Cartel Turf War" )''International Business Times''. May 14, 2012. Retrieved on June 10, 2012. ("Archived" )〕 which is considered a leading source for news on the Mexican Drug War.〔("Mexican drug war blogger risks his life daily" )''The Daily Dot''. November 17, 2011. Retrieved on June 20, 2012. ("Archived" )〕 The blog was started in April 2009 by an anonymous individual using the pseudoynm Buggs, who remains the sole owner. The blog has been referred to and quoted in the ''New York Times'',〔("In Mexico, Social Media Become a Battleground in the Drug War" )''New York Times''. September 15, 2011. Retrieved on June 20, 2012. ("Archived" )〕〔("Mexico Turns to Social Media for Information and Survival" )''New York Times''. September 24, 2011. Retrieved on June 20, 2012.〕 ''Small Wars Journal''〔("Borderland Beat referenced in Small Wars Journal" )''Small Wars Journal''. June 20, 2012. Retrieved on June 20, 2012.〕 and the ''Houston Chronicle''.〔("Cartel king “El Chapo” getting vicious along Texas-Mexico border" )''Houston Chronicle''. March 28, 2012. Retrieved on June 20, 2012.〕〔("Mexican crook: Gangsters arrange fights to death for entertainment" )''Houston Chronicle''. June 11, 2011. Retrieved on June 20, 2012.〕 In an article published in May 2012, the journalist, (Gary Moore ), described Borderland Beat as follows: "An English-language digest Web site called Borderland Beat forms a lonely watchtower on the Mexico battlements, manned by a small cadre of Mexican-Americans (my work has appeared there as well), who set themselves the vital mission of archiving any available news on Mexico’s meltdown."〔("Gaze Not on the Face of Evil: Massacre by Assembly Line" )''Horizon''. May 26, 2012. Retrieved on October 16, 2012.〕 A ''Der Spiegel'' article〔("Wer Bloggt, dem Droht der Tod" )''Der Spiegel''. November 14, 2011. Retrieved on November 10, 2012.〕 includes a description of the main features of the Borderland Beat website. On average, there are between 3 and 4 news stories posted each day. In addition to the news pages, the site hosts a self-contained open forum which runs in parallel to the main news pages, where any registered user can post. Editorial control is overseen by three site administrators who also write for the news pages, together with a number of recognized contributors. In addition to recognized contributions, news stories are continually appearing on the open forum, where most remain; a few do get promoted to the news pages if they are deemed sufficiently interesting and factual by an administrator. As of November 2014, the blog has had over 47 million visits since December 2009. ==Danger to bloggers reporting Cartel violence== After the discovery in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico on November 9, 2011 of the body of the fourth blogger to be killed in the space of a month, for posting online information about drug cartels, ''The Daily Dot'', ''MSNBC'' and ''Der Spiegel'' each produced an article outlining the dangers such internet activity posed. For comment, ''The Daily Dot''〔 and ''MSNBC''〔("Blogger on Mexico Cartel Beheading: 'Cannot Kill Us All'" )''MSNBC''. November 10, 2011. Retrieved on November 10, 2012.〕 turned to Borderland Beat administrator "Overmex", while ''Der Spiegel''〔 interviewed Borderland Beat contributor "Gerardo". In the interviews, the two bloggers reiterated their determination to continue reporting on the ongoing drug war, and not to be intimidated by the drug cartels' threats. Quoting from an article in ''Bloomberg Businessweek'': "To protect contributors, the editors of the blog Borderland Beat, which has a reputation as one of the most reliable sources of information on Mexico’s drug violence, say even they don’t know the identity of some of the site’s major contributors. Posts are often passed through intermediaries to protect secrecy. “They could be journalists, cops, politicians, maybe even cartel members themselves,” says one of the blog’s editors, who uses the nickname Buggs."〔("Mexico's Drug War Takes to the Blogosphere" )''Bloomberg Businessweek''. November 09, 2011. Retrieved on November 10, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Borderland Beat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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