Tasneem Raja

Last updated

Tasneem Raja is the current editor-in-chief for The Oaklandside, a non-profit newsroom based in Oakland, California that is funded by Google News Initiative and the American Journalism project.

    She has worked for Mother Jones, The Chicago Reader, NPR Code Switch, and co-founded The Tyler Loop.

    Biography

    The daughter of immigrants from India and Pakistan, Raja was born and raised in Greater Philadelphia. [1] Raja attended the University of California, Berkeley School of Journalism. [2] She was interactive editor at Mother Jones [3] and a features reporter at The Chicago Reader [4] before joining NPR at the Code Switch team in January 2015, [5] becoming senior digital editor. [6]

    At NPR, Raja led the team developing the Code Switch podcast; [7] launched in May 2016, the podcast quickly drew praise [8] [9] with Los Angeles Magazine saying, "NPR’s 'Code Switch' began as a popular blog, but its evolution into a podcast seems natural...it explores issues of race, culture, and politics in a personal way that flourishes in an audio format." [10] In 2017, Raja and her husband founded The Tyler Loop, a digital news site covering Tyler, Texas. [11]

    Raja is noted for her accomplishments with technology in journalism. While news apps editor at The Bay Citizen , Raja's "team built a Bike Accident Tracker and a government salary database, among other things." [12] She's prominently written about diversity in computer science [13] [14] as well as "brogrammer" culture in Silicon Valley. [15] [16]

    Related Research Articles

    <i>Slate</i> (magazine) U.S.-based online magazine

    Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States. It was created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. In 2004, it was purchased by The Washington Post Company, and since 2008 has been managed by The Slate Group, an online publishing entity created by Graham Holdings. Slate is based in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C.

    <i>The Mercury News</i> Daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, US, since 1851

    The Mercury News is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is published by the Bay Area News Group, a subsidiary of Digital First Media. As of March 2013, it was the fifth largest daily newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 611,194. As of 2018, the paper has a circulation of 324,500 daily and 415,200 on Sundays. As of 2021, this further declined. The Bay Area News Group no longer reports its circulation, but rather "readership". For 2021, they reported a "readership" of 312,700 adults daily.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">PR Newswire</span> American distributor of press releases (company)

    PR Newswire is a distributor of press releases headquartered in Chicago. The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations, using teleprinters at first. The founder, Herbert Muschel, operated the service from his house in Manhattan for approximately 15 years. The business was eventually sold to Western Union and then United Newspapers of London. In December 2015, Cision Inc. announced it would acquire the company. On January 1, 2021, Cision formally merged PR Newswire into the company, ending its status as a legal entity after 66 years. Cision plans to continue utilizing the brand name for the foreseeable future in the United States, as well as in Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Davar Ardalan</span> American journalist

    Iran Davar Ardalan is a tech entrepreneur, journalist, and author based in Washington, D.C. Known as Davar Ardalan, she is the Executive Producer of Audio at National Geographic and has served as co-chair of the Cultural Heritage and AI track at ITU's AI for Good. Prior to this, she was Deputy Director of the White House Presidential Innovation Fellowship Program in Washington, D.C. She was also a long-time journalist at NPR News, where she helped shape the news shows Weekend Edition and Morning Edition, and was responsible for decisions that required elaborate coordination such as live broadcasts from Baghdad, Kabul, and New Orleans. Ardalan is an advocate for cross-platform storytelling. At NPR, her real-time storytelling campaigns cultivated thought leaders across platforms and reached millions on Twitter and Facebook.

    The Daily Beast is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. It was founded in 2008.

    The Online News Association (ONA), founded in 1999, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Washington D.C., United States. It is the world's largest association of digital journalists, with more than 2,000 members.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">NPR</span> American nonprofit media organization

    National Public Radio is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other non-profit membership media organizations such as Associated Press, in that it was established by an act of Congress. Most of its member stations are owned by non-profit organizations, including public school districts, colleges, and universities. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States. As of September 2013, NPR employed 840 people.

    Vox Media, Inc. is an American mass media company based in Washington, D.C., and New York City. The company was established in November 2011 by Jim Bankoff and Trei Brundrett to encompass SB Nation and The Verge. Bankoff had been the CEO for SB Nation since 2009.

    <i>Polygon</i> (website) Video game website

    Polygon is an American entertainment website that publishes blogs, reviews, guides, videos, and news primarily covering video games, as well as movies, comics, television and books. At its October 2012 launch as Vox Media's third property, Polygon sought to distinguish itself from competitors by focusing on the stories of the people behind the games instead of the games themselves. It also produced long-form magazine-style feature articles, invested in video content, and chose to let their review scores be updated as the game changed.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Jamilah Lemieux</span> American journalist

    Jamilah Lemieux is an American writer, cultural critic, and editor. She rose to prominence for her blog, The Beautiful Struggler. She has worked for Ebony, Cassius Magazine, and Interactive One, part of Radio One, Inc. Lemieux currently writes a parenting column for Slate, and co-hosts an accompanying podcast, Mom & Dad Are Fighting.

    Recode is a technology news website that focused on the business of Silicon Valley. Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher founded it in January 2014, after they left Dow Jones and the similar website they had previously co-founded, All Things Digital. Vox Media acquired Recode in May 2015, and in May 2019, The Recode website was integrated into Vox. Recode still exists today, but it can only be read through the Vox website.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Holmes</span> American writer and editor

    Anna Holmes is an American writer and editor. In 2007, she founded the Gawker Media women-focused site Jezebel.

    <i>Vox</i> (website) American news website

    Vox is an American news and opinion website owned by Vox Media. The website was founded in April 2014 by Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, and Melissa Bell, and is noted for its concept of explanatory journalism. Vox's media presence also includes a YouTube channel, several podcasts, and a show presented on Netflix. Vox has been described as left-of-center and progressive.

    Gene Demby is an American journalist. He is lead blogger on NPR’s race, ethnicity and culture team Code Switch and cohost of the podcast by the same title. He's also the founder of the blog PostBourgie and its accompanying podcast.

    <i>Code Switch</i> Podcast about race and culture

    Code Switch is a race and culture outlet and a weekly podcast from American public radio network NPR. It began in 2013 with a blog as well as contributing stories to NPR radio programs. The Code Switch podcast launched in 2016. In the wake of the George Floyd protests, it became one of NPR's top ranked podcasts.

    Phillip Picardi is an American journalist and editor. He is the former editor-in-chief of Out.

    Shereen Marisol Meraji is an American journalist, podcaster, and educator. She is an assistant professor of race in journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and a member of the Nieman Fellowship. She was formerly the co-host and senior producer of Code Switch, a critically acclaimed podcast covering race, culture and diversity issues, one of NPR's highest rated podcasts in 2020.

    The Upshot is a website published by The New York Times which spreads articles combining data visualization with conventional journalistic analysis of news.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Aisha Harris</span> American writer, editor, and podcaster

    Aisha Harris is an American writer, editor, and podcaster. She was a staff writer, editor and podcast host at Slate before moving to the New York Times in 2018 as an editor. Since 2020, she has been a co-host and reporter for the NPR show Pop Culture Happy Hour.

    Kai Wright is an American journalist, activist, author, and podcast host. He has served as copy editor at the New York Daily News, senior writer at The Root, senior editor at City Limits, editorial director at ColorLines, and features editor at The Nation. Wright's journalism has focused on social, racial, and economic justice. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Mother Jones, and Salon, among other outlets, and his national broadcast appearances include MSNBC and NPR. He is the current host and managing editor of The United States of Anxiety on WNYC.

    References

    1. ↑ Raja, Tasneem (August 31, 2016). "What's So Funny About The Indian Accent? Episode 15". NPR. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
    2. ↑ Marx, Damon (December 18, 2014). "NPR Hires Tasneem Raja As Senior Digital Editor of 'Code Switch'". FishbowlDC. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
    3. ↑ Barr, Jeremy (December 18, 2014). "NPR hires Tasneem Raja from Mother Jones". Politico. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
    4. ↑ Mullin, Benjamin (18 December 2014). "Tasneem Raja named senior digital editor at NPR". Poynter. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
    5. ↑ Cision staff (29 December 2014). "Code Switch Nabs Tasneem Raja | Cision". Cision. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
    6. ↑ Ellis, Justin (October 5, 2015). "Tasneem Raja on how NPR's Code Switch navigates the increasingly crowded race-and-culture beat". Neiman Lab. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
    7. ↑ Ragusea, Adam (October 5, 2016). "NPR diversity VP steps in as interim Code Switch editor". Current. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
    8. ↑ "5 Podcasts You Need to Hear to Get Through This Week". Wired. July 18, 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
    9. ↑ Locker, Melissa (16 May 2016). "Small Town Horror provides radio scares while Code Switch gets its own podcast". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
    10. ↑ Abarbanel, Aliza (20 July 2016). "5 Podcasts You Must Listen to This Summer". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
    11. ↑ "Deep in the heart of Texas, The Tyler Loop, a digital news startup, is working toward sustainability". Lenfest Institute for Journalism. 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
    12. ↑ Howard, Alexander (May 2, 2014). "Tasneem Raja urges newsrooms to adopt pair programming for better data journalism |". Tow Center. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
    13. ↑ Summers, Juana (January 16, 2014). "Can Schools Solve The Tech Industry's Pipeline Problem?". NPR. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
    14. ↑ Nene, Chhaya (16 July 2016). "NPR's Code Switch Senior Digital Editor Tasneem Raja on Becoming a South Asian American Journalist". India.com. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
    15. ↑ The Week staff (April 30, 2012). "Brogramming: The disturbing rise of frat culture in Silicon Valley". The Week. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
    16. ↑ Chang, Lulu (October 26, 2014). "Indiegogo Documentary 'Code' Asks Why Women Stopped Coding, & It's An Important Question". Bustle. Retrieved August 4, 2016.


    This page is based on this Wikipedia article
    Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
    Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.