We're accepting pitches for our new series 🏙️CITY OF POSSIBILITY🏙️ until this Thursday, June 11th! www.fi2w.org/call-for-pit...

Earlier this year, we offered a free 2-day workshop focused on audio journalism techniques funded by the Reynold Journalism Institute's Community-Centered Symposium. rjionline.org/citizen-and-...

How did we investigate ICE street arrests? In part, by traveling to federal courthouses in the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and in New Jersey to collect petitions.

Feet in 2 Worlds is accepting pitches for our new series, City of Possibility. Pitch us your story ideas focusing on a specific immigrant community and neighborhood in New York City and the Los Angeles area! We're open to written stories, audio pieces, photo essays, and short videos.

Check out Fi2W’s new zine about our investigative series, Surveilled and Sold. Available in English and Spanish, the zine focuses on how surveillance tools — known as automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) — undermine sanctuary protections in Portland, Oregon. Read, download, and share the zine:

Today is the last day to sign up for Fundamentals of Interviewing! 📝 Join Managing Editor @quincetessence.bsky.social and Managing Director @miaestellewarren.bsky.social for this interactive virtual two-day workshop: www.fi2w.org/audio-worksh...

You've got until Monday to sign up for our next Audio Interviewing workshop! You'll learn technical skills, get in lots of listening and ear training, hands-on practice recording an interview, and feedback from our editorial team.

What do immigrants imagine is possible for themselves and their city’s future? PITCH US at @fi2w.org! @quincetessence.bsky.social and I are commissioning stories for a new multimedia series, "City of Possibility."

Los Angeles and New York journalists, @fi2w.org wants to hear your story ideas about immigrant communities in these cities! (That includes me, I wanna hear those story ideas) Please pitch us!

Feet in 2 Worlds is accepting pitches for our new series, City of Possibility. Pitch us your story ideas focusing on a specific immigrant community and neighborhood in New York City and the Los Angeles area! We're open to written stories, audio pieces, photo essays, and short videos.

Fi2W producers Aria Young and @leinagabra.bsky.social received an honorable mention in @aajaofficial.bsky.social's Excellence in Audio Storytelling Short-Form Category for their 2025 story, Working 9 to 5 to 9: awards.aaja.org/jea2026/exce...

If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)

Fi2W Reporting Fellow Narimes Parakul reflects on her transition from behind-the-scenes researcher to reporter: "Numbers and research are critical...But people’s stories — their pride, their pain, their struggles, and their moments of celebration — that’s what sticks with us far beyond the page."

Heyo Philly! 👋🏼 I'm here for @lenfestinstitute.org's Summit representing @fi2w.org. On Wednesday, I'll be co-presenting "Growing the pie: Funding journalism for immigrant communities" with @valeriafernandez.bsky.social, @maritzafelix.bsky.social, Indah Nuritasari, and Rebecca Neuwirth.

Our Director @miaestellewarren.bsky.social has been nominated for @lionpubs.bsky.social's Community Member of the Year award, and in very good company. If you're a LION member, you can vote for Mia by May 29th at midnight: lionpublishers.com/meet-the-6-n...

Register for our next Fundamentals of Interviewing for Audio workshop! It'll be a 2-day online workshop on May 29 and Jun 1. We’ll cover technical skills like mic placement and monitoring sound — as well as interview techniques that lead to strong, usable tape. You'll get hands-on experience, too:

Join us and @airmedia.bsky.social for a webinar on how to pitch Feet in 2 Worlds! Managing Editor Quincy Surasmith will talk about Fi2W's pitch process and workshop up to three participant pitches live! It'll be on Wed May 20. Free for AIR members / $50 non-members. RSVP: ow.ly/K2FT50YYmzN

In our latest audio story, producer Ahmed Ashour explores the relationship between immigrants and consumer home surveillance devices like Ring cameras. Do immigrants feel that these technologies keep them safe? Listen to the full story:

California's DMV is just one of many state DMVs across the country sharing their data, as we reported in the latest installment of our series Surveilled and Sold:

#ICYMI: our latest investigation, Survilled and Sold — Narimes Parakul's 4-part series on the impact of surveillance tech on immigrant communities: www.fi2w.org/surveilled-a...

Through public records requests, Feet in 2 Worlds uncovered the data broker loopholes that allow data collected by Portland police to be accessible to federal immigration authorities. Learn more:

In fall 2025, as Portland dominated national headlines for a violent crackdown on ICE protests, surveillance company Flock was seeking to make Portland’s police department its newest client. Their bargaining chip? Your data. How mass deportation goes hand in hand with mass surveillance:

How effective are Portland’s sanctuary city policies when ICE can track and surveil immigrant communities with ease? @fi2w.org reports - www.investigatewest.org/surveilled-a...

Read part 1 of Surveilled and Sold published by our partner newsroom @palabranahj.bsky.social in Spanish. Vigilado y Vendido: Privacidad y santuario en Portland: www.palabranahj.org/archive/vigi...

Happy #LocalNewsDay! Feet in 2 Worlds is a national newsroom. Yet our journalism is produced through our deep mentoring of immigrant journalists, who report out of their own communities. So really, we're not local — we're multi-local.

“Inside employers’ homes, immigrant domestic workers often face a level of surveillance most people would never tolerate at work,” says Wilneida Negrón, a technologist and policy strategist. Hidden nanny cams, smart doorbells, baby monitors, voice-activated recording devices, and Ring cameras:

Our latest story from Surveilled and Sold looks at a Montana data privacy law — and how it could impact surveillance of immigrant communities. Support immigrant-led journalism today: fi2w.fundjournalism.org/donate/

Fi2W Managing Editor @quincetessence.bsky.social shares ideas and strategies for reporting on immigration and ICE — what’s working, what isn’t, and how to better meet this moment as producers. This piece was originally written for and funded by @transom.bsky.social. Some key ideas:

“It's the same as if someone walked into your house and decided that they were going to search your house without a search warrant.” Weak data privacy regulation threatens Fourth Amendment rights. How Montana became the first state in the country to close out the data broker loophole:

The second story in our @fi2w.org series Surveilled and Sold: A law in Montana intended to protect the privacy of January 6th insurrectionists also extends those same protections to immigrants in the state. Is this data privacy law something that other states can learn from?

The state of Montana has deeply rooted libertarian values — and some of the best data privacy protections in the country. A new story from @fi2w.org digs into this.

Immigrants and January 6th insurrectionists may not appear to have much in common — except what they stand to gain from a new data privacy law in Montana. Why data protection could be a bipartisan issue — and what both sides of the aisle could do to protect their constituents:

I wrote a (long) thing! I must also credit the LA Reporting Collective conversations that really informed a lot of this, especially @papayathemariah.bsky.social at @lapublicpress.bsky.social, @adamrose.bsky.social of @freedom.press, and photojournalist Zaydee Sanchez. And my work at @fi2w.org!

At Feet in 2 Worlds, our newsroom is made up entirely of immigrants or children of immigrants. Our perspectives shape the questions we ask, the communities we build trust with, and the stories we pursue. We hope you'll consider making a donation to support our work: lnkd.in/gYhiXPAV

In public records requests, Fi2W found contract language confirming that Portland Police Bureau is handing over its data to the same investigative database ICE uses to find immigrants. This evidence of data-sharing and collaboration between police and ICE undermines the city’s sanctuary provisions.

"Any one of those cameras...could be capturing his truck’s license plate every time he drives past, silently recording his routine movements." Today, a new story from @fi2w.org:

Excited to launch our new series Surveilled and Sold, which we've all been working hard on for the past few months at @fi2w.org. Our reporting fellow Narimes Parakul explores: How effective are Portland’s sanctuary city policies when ICE can access surveillance data to track immigrant communities?

All of Portland’s 130 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) feed into one network, recording what streets you take to go to work, school, places of worship, medical care, etc. Those details are then stored in a database with little to no oversight. Who’s accessing this data? Who does this harm?

Deadline to apply is Feb 20; only a few spots left!

There are still a few open spots in the @fi2w.org winter workshop on Fundamentals of Writing for Audio, hosted by Fi2W Managing Editor @quincetessence.bsky.social. This is a great one-day class on how to develop audio story scripts by weaving together written narration and audio recordings.

We're hosting a 2-part Fundamentals of Interviewing audio workshop on Feb 20 and 23. These will be online and designed to help journalists of immigrant backgrounds strengthen fundamental audio interviewing skills. We'll cover technical skills, interviewing practices, and lots of listening. Sign up:

Follow our friends at @sahanjournal.bsky.social for coverage of the immigration crackdown in Minnesota: sahanjournal.com

We're thrilled to share that our 2025 NewsMatch campaign was our strongest to date. 106 donors came together to raise more than $50,000 in support of immigrant journalists and immigrant-led storytelling.

If you believe in immigrant journalism, consider giving to us today. All donations are matched 100% and we need 4 more *new donors* to be awarded a $1k bonus. Thank you! fi2w.fundjournalism.org/donate/

"How can we produce journalism that not only documents, but works to change our conditions — by illuminating truths, preserving history, and sharing solutions for a more just society?"

NAHJ scholarships are open! Due December 28th: nahj.org/scholarships...

What does it take to mobilize when ICE arrives? "The People Who Show Up: Inside a Community’s Effort to Respond to ICE Raids" is the latest story from the Los Angeles Reporting Collective, now on the @fi2w.org podcast: www.fi2w.org/the-people-w...

Arun’s fellowship helped him navigate — and thrive in — a mainstream newsroom, launching a career that now reaches national audiences. Donate by Dec 31 to double your impact and help more journalists build careers like his. fi2w.fundjournalism.org/donate/

Fi2W trains and mentors immigrant journalists whose reporting strengthens our communities. Alumni like Von show what’s possible when emerging storytellers get real support and guidance. Give now & your donation is matched through NewsMatch. Double your impact today! fi2w.fundjournalism.org/donate/

2024 Editing Fellow Iggy Monda’s fellowship experience helped him grow into a stronger editor and collaborator. When you donate before Dec 31, NewsMatch doubles your gift, helping Fi2W train more immigrant journalists and expand our reporting. fi2w.fundjournalism.org/donate/