Profiles
KARE 11 – New documentary to feature three moms from Minnesota. The film follows Katie Wright, Amity Dimock and Del Shea Perry as they fight for accountability for their fallen sons. – March 21, 2024 – Link
Star Tribune – Unicorn Riot’s protest coverage brings global notice to the alternative media group / With immersive, on-the-ground social justice coverage, nonprofit incorporated in Minneapolis adds a different perspective. – October 3, 2020 – Link
MSP Mag – Why Niko Georgiades Is Livestreaming Protests for Unicorn Riot. Meet Niko Georgiades, the most prolific Minnesota journalist you’ve probably never heard of. – September 13, 2020 – Link – Full interview
Video Interviews
Allie the Conversation Starter – Voice of the Movement / Being an investigative journalist on the frontlines of social conflict and injustice – Facebook Live – June 30, 2020 – Link
MSP Mag – How Did It Get So Late? with Steve Marsh ft. Niko Georgiades – Facebook Live – June 16, 2020 – Link
Amber Films – (Off)SIDE Cinema’s COLLECTIVE NOW online film and discussion season with co-founder of Unicorn Riot, Niko Georgiades – Vimeo – June 4, 2021 – Link
Podcast Interviews
money.power.land.solidarity podcast – Reflections from the Front Lines w/ Niko Georgiades of Unicorn Riot – November 18, 2020 – Link
Nites & Weekends podcast – hosted by Lee Pacchia – July 6, 2020 – Link
This is Hell! podcast – December 2, 2017 – Link
North Star Post Spotlight: Niko Georgiades – North Star Post – February 28, 2016 – Link
Article Interviews
Star Tribune – “This is an uprising” Witnesses narrate the six days after George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis. – May 19, 2025 – Link
The Face – Inside the news-disrupting Unicorn Riot / The non-profit collective with the distinctive yellow microphones are changing the rules of reporting – here’s how. – July 24, 2020 – Link
The Guardian – Unicorn Riot: the tiny media outlet on the frontlines of US protests – July 1, 2020 – Link
Engadget – Online and independent: The future of journalism is already here – June 18, 2020 – Link
The New Yorker – The Tiny Media Collective That Is Delivering Some of the Most Vital Reporting from Minneapolis – June 3, 2020 – Link
Vice – How Standing Rock Birthed a New Generation of Independent Left-Wing Media / A crew of journalism collectives and livestreamers were more effective at covering the movement than the mainstream media. – March 12, 2017 – Link
WIRED – An Oral History of Three Days That Rocked America – November 2016 – Link
MPR News – Radio Interview – Unicorn Riot a new force in covering protests – July 14, 2016 – Link
MPR News – The media, the protest movement and Unicorn Riot – May 5, 2016 – Link
Southwest Journal – On the edge of journalism / Questions for Jamar Clark protest live-streamers Unicorn Riot – November 27, 2015 – Link
Article Mentions
Star Tribune – Who was Umbrella Man, who smashed windows before ‘first fire’ in 2020 Minneapolis protests? What’s the latest on identity of masked man caught on video? – May 30, 2025 – Link
Spokesman-Recorder – ‘MAMA!’ documentary aims to humanize the victims of police killings – April 3, 2024 – Link
World Press Institute – Advocacy Journalism: When Journalism Takes A Stand – April 2, 2022 – Link
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker – Unicorn Riot journalist pushed by officer while covering protest – June 3, 2021 – Link
Unicorn Riot journalist detained, microphone damaged while covering Brooklyn Center protest – April 14, 2021 – Link
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press – RCFP statement on pipeline company’s subpoenas against nonprofit news site, journalist – April 19, 2021 – Link
Committee To Protect Journalists – CPJ calls on Energy Transfer to drop subpoenas to Unicorn Riot, journalist Niko Georgiades – April 7, 2021 – Link
The Intercept – Pipeline Company Issues Broad Subpoena to News Site That Covered Protests Against It
“This subpoena is outrageous and strikes at the heart of the First Amendment. It should be thrown out immediately.” – April 3, 2021 – Link
Minnesota Women’s Press – My Perspective From BLM Protests – April 20, 2021 – Link
Star Tribune – Who will fill the gap left by City Pages? Local media outlets contemplate the future of alt-journalism. – November 17, 2020 – Link
Spokesman Recorder – Beltrami County sued for Black man’s death while in custody – July 2, 2020 – Link
APM – American Public Media – ‘The precinct is on fire’ / What happened at Minneapolis’ 3rd Precinct — and what it means – June 30, 2020 – Link
Nieman Lab – Unicorn Riot, a nonprofit media collective, is covering the Minneapolis protests live and close up / Unicorn Riot is just five years old, but this week’s unrest isn’t its first time covering protests against a police killing in the Twin Cities. – May 29, 2020 – Link
Heavy – Protests Fill the Streets of Minneapolis In Response to George Floyd’s Death In Police Custody – May 2020 – Link
MN Reformer – Minnesota’s right wing keyboard warriors lapping up COVID-19 conspiracy theories – May 1, 2020 – Link
Columbia Journalism Review – How Unicorn Riot covers the alt-right without giving them a platform –November 1, 2017 – Link
Mother Jones – This Guerrilla Media Outfit Goes Where Many Journalists Fear to Tread—on a Shoestring / Chasing trouble with the “video ninjas” of Unicorn Riot. – May 4, 2017 – Link
Awards
2022 – Top Outlets – Unicorn Riot – Indie Media Awards
2021 – Outstanding Movement Journalist – Niko Georgiades – Racial Justice Network Liberation Lens
2021 – Radical Change Award – Unicorn Riot – Sexual Violence Center
2016 – Servant Leader Award – Unicorn Riot – University of St. Thomas School of Law, The Black Law Student Association
Song Appearance
#FTP Longshot X TGIK – April 14, 2015
