How to Cover the Immigration Beat: Storytelling, Security, and Accountability

PAST EVENT: Thursday, October 23, 2025
Lee Hills Hall, 715 Elm Street, Columbia, MO 65211. Room 303
and Zoom

• Immersive reporting across borders
• Navigating complex beats
• Real-world storytelling tips

O’Toole, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter who covered immigration for The Los Angeles Times, is the author of the forthcoming book, “The Route,” a work of narrative nonfiction published by Crown.  “The Route” examines one of the most consequential issues of our time — the mass movement of people around the globe in the face of climate change, civil unrest, and more, with tens of thousands of migrants from Africa and Asia attempting the same treacherous route through South America and Central America each year to reach the U.S.-Mexico border in hopes of gaining entry to America.