#49 Demystifying Immigration Reporting with Hamed Aleaziz

About Our Guest:
Hamed Aleaziz is a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times covering immigration policy. Previously he was at BuzzFeed News, where he wrote about immigration and broke news on Trump and Biden policies and the effects of those policies on families and communities. Before that, he covered immigration, race, and civil rights at the San Francisco Chronicle, was a criminal justice reporter at the Daily Journal, and did a fellowship at Mother Jones magazine. A Livingston Award finalist in 2021, Aleaziz graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in journalism.

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Show Notes
0:03: Show and guest introduction
1:34: Hamed's first exposure to the power of journalism
4:03: How Hamed got into immigration reporting and what he enjoys about it
7:37: Building rapport and trust with sources
9:37: Fact-checking
12:32: Tools Hamed uses on the job to build trust
13:48: Advice for student journalists looking to break into the industry
15:18: How Hamed carved out his own reporting roles
16:47: Maintaining work-life balance as a journalist
18:56: Hamed's study-abroad experience in Amman, Jordan
22:35: Advice for UofO students
24:16: Graduating into the Great Recession and finding a job
26:36: Hamed's impressions of campus
27:48: Show wrap-up

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