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Immigrant and non-citizen journalists face unique risks—visa denials, border restrictions, arrests, and deportations. This panel will spotlight high-profile cases, including Rümeysa Öztürk and Mario Guevara, and examine how U.S. law is shaping press freedom.
- Mazin Sidahmed – Executive Director and co-founder of Documented
- Esha Bhandari – Deputy Director, ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project; represents Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish doctoral student detained over an op-ed, and Mario Guevara, an immigrant journalist arrested in Georgia
- Alfredo Corchado – Executive Editor and Correspondent, Puente News Collaborative in El Paso, TX
- Dana Green – Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at The New York Times
- Moderated by Yemile Bucay
The Safety Series
This event is part of the Fall 2025 Safety Series, a three-part program from the Newmark J-School’s Journalism Protection Initiative exploring the biggest threats to media safety and press freedom in the U.S. Covering topics including shifting immigration policy; global declines in press freedom; the precarity of safe havens; and dangers to trans and non-binary journalists, each session highlights urgent issues while offering space to share experiences, strategies and solutions.