​Break down how media shapes narratives, what gets framed, what gets buried, and how readers can spot bias, spin, and agenda in real time. ​We’re constantly told what’s happening. Rarely are we told how the story is being shaped. ​This interactive workshop breaks down how media outlets frame narratives, choose language, and shape public perception. Together, we analyze headlines, compare coverage of the same events, and practice spotting bias, omission, and spin in real time. ​Participants will also rewrite stories themselves to see how easily a narrative can shift. Hosted by Index Space

Shadowbanned is hosting a public talk with Wali Khan, a photojournalist whose work has been published in NPR, New York Magazine, VICE, and The Washington Post. His work focuses on migrant detention, policing, and state violence across the United States, with extensive on-the-ground reporting from ICE detention sites and border enforcement zones. The evening will begin with Wali Khan reading his essay featured in Shadowbanned Magazine. This includes his essay “Minneapolis Rising”, which documents his time covering the city in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Renee Good, alongside his essay featured in Issue 04, which reflects on his broader fieldwork documenting systems of detention and migration enforcement. Following the reading, there will be a Q&A moderated by Sydney Ziems. The conversation will explore Khan’s reporting process, what he has learned through sustained engagement with sites of state violence, and the share the stories that have not been told in the current media discourse. Copies of Shadowbanned Magazine Issue 04 will be available for purchase at the event, alongside Wali Khan’s zine Midway Blitz, which documents his reporting trip to Broadview, Illinois, where he captured the increasingly militarized operations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a quiet town just outside Chicago.

We’re launching a book club centered on building our personal toolbox for collective liberation. Participants sign up per book, so you’re welcome to join throughout the year and focus on what excites you most. This sign up is for the second cohort. We will be reading Let's Become Fungal!: Mycelium Teachings and the Arts: Based on Conversations with Indigenous Wisdom Keepers, Artists, Curators, Feminists and Mycology By Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez