THE BLURB: Journalism requires people willing to run toward danger instead of away from it. In this episode, photojournalists Chelsea Lauren, Sean Beckner-Carmitchel, Mel Buer and Sergio Olmos return to describe the physical threats they face especially when covering civil unrest. That threat, shockingly, is coming from law enforcement.

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Our guests: SEAN BECKNER-CARMITCHEL has spent the last several years filming protests, counter-protests, rallies, sweeps, protests about sweeps, and rallies about counter-protests. His video work has been seen on Good Morning America, NBC, ABC, and other national and international outlets.

Though CHELSEA LAUREN wanted to be a plastic surgeon when she was a kid, Chelsea eventually turned her photographic hobby into her life. A seasoned celebrity photographer, who works for wire agency, Chelsea recently began branching out – covering riots, protests and unrest in addition to red carpet events

An independent journalist, MEL BUER's newsletter Words About Work covers labor and social justice movements. Her work’s been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation and other major outlets.

In addition to his terrific investigative reporting for CalMatters, SERGIO OLMOS has freelanced for The New York Times, NPR, Oregon Public Broadcasting and The Guardian among others, reporting from both the US and from the war in Ukraine. Sergio also created the Dying For A Fight podcast series for Oregon Public Broadcasting. That led directly to the arrest and successful prosecution of the killer of a well-kown Portland activist. Don’t mess with Sergio.

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