Covering Immigration: Reporting Across Language, Cultural Divides

October 29, 2024 | Noon to 2 p.m.

On Oct. 29, the Ethics & Journalism Initiative hosted a Lunch & Learn session led by Mazin Sidahmed, co-executive director at Documented, and featuring Jonathan Blitzer of The New Yorker; Mica Rosenberg, an investigative reporter covering immigration for ProPublica; and Gwynne Hogan, Brooklyn reporter at the CITY.

Four photos of journalists, one wearing a green shirt, one with red hair, one with dark hair and a beard, and one with long hair.

Immigration is a pressing topic for journalists, not only in border states but in New York as well. It’s an issue that can involve complex ethical issues – about protecting the privacy and safety of one’s sources, reporting across language and cultural divides, addressing the power gulf between reporters and their subjects, and considering legal risks to immigrants and their families, among others.

On Oct. 29, the Ethics & Journalism Initiative hosted a Lunch & Learn session led by Mazin Sidahmed, co-executive director at Documented, an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New York City.

Guests include:

Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer for The New Yorker
Mica Rosenberg, Investigative Reporter covering immigration for ProPublica
Gwynne Hogan, Brooklyn Reporter at the CITY

The program, which included a light lunch, was held at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute building at 20 Cooper Square in New York City.

Registration for the event is required. Please check back here or join our mailing list to receive updates on this and other future events. Send your questions for our panelists to EJI Program Manager Ryan Howzell at Ryan.Howzell@nyu.edu.

(Photo credit: AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)