Abolition Media Office Hours
Staffed by IC Fellow Lewis Raven Wallace, Interrupting Criminalization offers Abolition Media Office Hours for journalists, communicators, and media makers who want to challenge "copaganda," shift the narrative about Palestine, integrate harm reduction and community safety in their work, or directly support incarcerated people in telling their own stories.
These office hours are also available to support organizers looking for help on how to build relationships with journalists or hone in on messaging their campaigns.
For 2025, Abolition Media Office Hours are available 12-5 PM ET on Mondays, and 11 AM-5 PM ET Wednesdays and Thursdays. Learn more and make an appointment below:
Are the Abolition Media Office Hours right for you?
How much do the Abolition Media Office Hours cost?
The Abolition Media Office Hours are free.
Who are the Abolition Media Office Hours for? What kind of support do they offer?
Organizers & Communicators
Have questions around how to best communicate your vision and organizing strategy to journalists and media makers? Wondering how to counter copaganda? Want to brainstorm around media messaging and outreach?Journalists
Looking for ideas on how to center community visions in coverage of “crime” and violence rather than reproducing police narratives? Trying to figure out how to collaborate with organizers, connect with incarcerated advocates, to tell different stories about public safety?Movement Media Makers
Seeking resources, connections, or supportive conversations as you build your practice?
Who is behind the Abolition Media Office Hours?
The Abolition Media Office Hours are staffed by IC’s Abolition Media Fellow Lewis Raven Wallace. You can learn more about Lewis as well as the Abolition Media Fellowship here.
What things can Abolition Media Office Hours help with?
Tips for talking to journalists (navigating anonymity, being on record/off record, getting your message through, how much to share, giving feedback)
Messaging
Media strategy and outreach
Pitching stories and op-eds
Tips for accountable reporting
Tips for collaborative reporting, including collaborations with incarcerated people
Tips for sensitive interviews and addressing power dynamics in interviewing
Building relationships with “sources” and collaborators
Framing abolitionist narratives in your work
Working in public media
Starting a podcast
Starting a media outlet
Local reporting and working with local reporters
Grassroots fundraising for media projects
Grantwriting for media projects
Writing and how it is hard and how it can be easy