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.

Compiled by Abolition Journalism Fellow Lewis Raven Wallace and partners, these guides for media and communicators covering criminalization cover a wide range of timely topics.

In this two-hour session, we will think through and skill-share ways of keeping our communities and sources safer when reporting in a context of criminalization and surveillance.

We welcome movement journalists and those working in mainstream organizations, as well as activist media makers and communications workers, who face some of the same vulnerabilities and ethical issues as journalists whether or not their work is recognized as journalism.

The Abolition Journalism Cohort creates spaces for journalists in and outside of prison to build community, establish collaborations, develop skills, and share strategies for reporting and editing with an abolitionist lens. In collaboration with aligned news outlets and Empowerment Avenue, Interrupting Criminalization has brought together dozens of journalists, prioritizing incarcerated writers and supporting projects that amplify their voices.