''Border Report'' is an American

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owned by

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. It was launched in the spring of 2019 and focuses on news reporting along the

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. At launch, its reporters included Sandra Sanchez, based in

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, and Julian Resendiz, a

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reporter based in

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. News stories are published on the website and

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on Nexstar

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across the border region. In September 2021, while reporting for the ''Border Report'' on the Del Rio Bridge migrant surge in Texas, Sanchez was detained by

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military police for 45 minutes after photographing signs outside the base's gates. In a live blog on the website, Sanchez said that military police claimed she had illegally entered federal property. Sanchez was later released without charges.

''Border Report Tour''

The ''Border Report Tour'', a ten-day project covering news stories along the Mexico–US border, launched in September 2019. The series was anchored by Sanchez, Resendiz, and Nexstar Washington D.C. correspondent Anna Wiernicki. The tour started in

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on September 22 and ended in

Brownsville, Texas Brownsville () is a city in Cameron County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is on the western Gulf Coast in South Texas, adjacent to the border with Matamoros, Mexico. The city covers , and has a population of 186,738 as of the 2020 census. It ...

on October 1. According to Chris Berg, content development director at Nexstar, the mission of the tour project was to "provide a daily look at the lives of the people who live and work along the U.S.-Mexico border." News content created on the tour was broadcast on some Nexstar TV stations, particularly those in the

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, and via online streaming.

Reception

Writing in the ''

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'', Meaghan Winter described ''Border Report'' as having a clear mission for its journalists, contrasting with the guiding principle that Nexstar passes down to station managers—"commitment to localism"—which Winter describes as "amorphous and lackluster". Winter further noted that ''Border Report'' was able to reach more viewers than a single local newspaper or TV station could, by having its stories air on various TV stations near the border.

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* {{NXST TV 2019 establishments in Texas American news websites Mexico–United States border Internet properties established in 2019