In this off-the-record session, newsroom leaders from cities experiencing heightened ICE and law-enforcement activity will discuss how they are navigating the escalating challenges highlighted in the previous sessions. Building on the on-the-ground experiences, the panelists will outline the concrete safety measures, legal-risk preparations, and community partnerships they've developed to protect their reporters in the field. They’ll offer practical tips and candid reflections on leading teams through unpredictable and often dangerous reporting conditions.
This webinar is part of a larger safety and security series brought to you in partnership with the International Women’s Media Foundation and is generously supported by the Ford Foundation.
Panelists
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Meg Martin, Minnesota Journalism Center (Minnesota)
Meg Martin is associate director of the Minnesota Journalism Center, where she coordinates programming, operations and connections with newsrooms, journalists and support organizations across the state.
She is a freelance editor, fact-checker and story coach, working with local newsrooms and podcast teams across the country. She spent nearly a decade at MPR News as a digital editor, podcast editor and managing editor for regional news, special projects and partnerships. She was an editor with the Public Insight Network; led the digital team at The Roanoke Times in southwest Virginia; and began her professional career as a Naughton Fellow and digital editor at The Poynter Institute.
She spent the 2022-23 academic year as a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, studying how best to prepare, support and connect editors and team leaders in small and mid-size local newsrooms — a project she's building on with her work at the Minnesota Journalism Center.
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Mariah Castañeda, LA Public Press (Los Angeles)
Mariah Castañeda is LA Public Press' Audience Director and Co-Founder. Mariah has split her career between journalism and voter education, and is one of the driving forces between L.A. TACO’s maturation into a news publication. She’s also the reporter and voice of the Webby nominated The Sellout podcast, detailing the rise and fall of a federally indicted former LA City Councilmember.
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