Bob Ortega on Muck Rack

Bob Ortega

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  • Senior Reporter and Writer, CNN Investigations, CNN
  • None, Associated Press - Phoenix Bureau
Phoenix
As seen in: CNN, CNN en Español, MSN, MSN Canada, USA Today, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News, Yahoo News Malaysia, Yahoo Singapore, Aol, The Wall Street Journal and
Covers:  homeland security, the border, cbp/border patrol, cervical cancer prevention, border communities, immigrant issues, medical ethics, drug trafficking
Senior writer, CNN Investigations. Retweets and links are not endorsements.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Not in this century...

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

TIntin

What does it mean to be a journalist?

I've always liked David Randall's formulation: "Above all things, to question..."

Why did you become a journalist?

I thought I might learn something...
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