U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates

Join us for a panel discussion and informative conversation on the recent NBC 7 investigation which exposed the US. Government’s secret database tracking journalists and immigration advocates going in and out of Mexico. In some cases this tracking system led to detainment and or denial of entry into the country.

The discussion will be led by NBC 7 Investigates and feature journalists that were in the database.

Panelists:
- Tom Jones, Executive Producer, Investigative Team, NBC 7
- Pedro Calderon Michel, News Director, Telemundo 20
- Photographer Ariana Drehsler, Member of the Media Tracked in the Database
- Mitra Ebadolahi, Border Litigation Project Senior Staff Attorney for ACLU San Diego-Imperial Counties

Moderator: Erin Siegal McIntyre, an American photographer and writer. She is a senior fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis Universit.y

This is a free event open to all journalists and the public.