Banners for the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism outside the school building in New York City. Photo credit: John Smock/Wikimedia Commons. IRE NYC Watchdog Workshop On January 24, Executive Director Alex Papachristou spoke on an extended panel at the NYC Watchdog Workshop hosted by the nonprofit organization Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE). The two-part panel, “The Free Press and Legal Issues/Staying Safe in 2026,” covered safety and legal issues for journalists, from the newsroom to courtrooms. Papachristou was joined by Hoda Osman, Executive Editor of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, a Public Interest Reporting Program client, and Jodie Ginsberg, Chief Executive Officer of the Committee to Protect Journalists. Osman posed questions to Papachristou and Ginsberg regarding key concerns for journalists facing physical and legal... read more


