Melanie Gonzalez, University of Southern California journalism student at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, has developed a most impressive multimedia project on the fastest growing new religious movement in the Americas. Los Angeles, the mecca of Santa Muerte devotion in the U.S., is the focus of Gonzalez’s illuminating portrait, but there is also rich material from Mexico and Argentina. Follow Gonzalez on Twitter and check out her riveting piece of photojournalism here
Featured photo by Melanie Gonzalez.