Zainab Sultan
Columbia Journalism Review
Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Past articles by Zainab:
‘Just Treat Me with Dignity’
The unresolved case of a reporter from El Salvador seeking asylum → Read More
Reporting While Muslim
To forge connections, Aymann Ismail makes himself the subject of his journalism → Read More
Reporting While Muslim
To forge connections, Aymann Ismail makes himself the subject of his journalism → Read More
Newark, ‘the next Flint,’ and water-crisis coverage
Newark, New Jersey, has had dangerous levels of lead in its water for some time. In 2016, officials turned off water fountains in dozens of public schools there; the same year, a statement from school officials dated lead-contamination concerns to “at least the early 2000s.” Last year, the National Resources Defense Council announced a lawsuit […] → Read More
Why the press struggles to cover the war in Yemen
In the wake of 9/11, when the US invaded Afghanistan, journalists flew into the country with American troops and filed stories on America’s war against terrorism. Later, in 2003, the press helped convince the American public that the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and that US intervention was necessary to liberate […] → Read More
Recession watch: Does anyone know what they’re talking about?
A recession is coming, according to every outlet that covers the economy. Finance reporters are watching the trade war between the United States and China. They’re fretting over last week’s 800-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which marked the worst day of 2019. They’re monitoring higher budget deficits and an inverted yield curve. […] → Read More
Podcast: Covering the Green New Deal
THIS WEEK, CJR and The Nation gathered some of the world’s top journalists, scientists, and climate experts for a conference to explore how the press can do a better job covering climate change. The second panel of the day, :A TV Case Study Covering the Green New Deal” was moderated by CJR Editor and Publisher […] → Read More
Q&A: Teacher facing possible firing over student sex worker profile
On April 11, Kathi Duffel, an English teacher at Bear Creek High School in Stockton, California, received a letter from the Lodi Unified School District about her work with The Bruin Voice. The letter requested pre-publication review of a Voice story about an 18-year-old Bear Creek student who is a sex worker, citing concerns that […] → Read More
Podcast: In conversation with 2019 Pulitzer Prize winner Susanne Craig
ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Susanne Craig, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, about her work in the Pulitzer Prize–winning investigation that questioned Trump’s claim that he is a self-made billionaire. The investigative piece, which is 15,000 words long and took 18 months to complete, is […] → Read More
How the press emerges from the coup in Sudan
In the early hours of the morning on Thursday, Reem Abbas, a freelance journalist, was woken up by her mother, who told her that a coup was taking place. Awad Mohammed Ibn Auf, Sudan’s defense minister, had announced, on national airwaves, that the military had taken over. Omar Al Bashir, Sudan’s iron-fisted dictator for the […] → Read More
Podcast: In conversation with Susan Smith Richardson from the Center for Public Integrity
ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Susan Smith Richardson who has been appointed as the new chief executive of Center for Public Integrity. She will be the first African American to head the nonprofit investigative journalism outlet. They talked about diversifying newsrooms, covering the 2020 elections, and the historic […] → Read More
Exit Interview: Bill Keller on his time at The Marshall Project
When Bill Keller announced in November 2018 that he would step down from his role of the editor in chief at The Marshall Project, a non-profit newsroom focused on stories about criminal justice, he wrote, “at a time of bitter partisanship and public cynicism, we’ve helped demonstrate the power of credible, fact-based reporting, and digital […] → Read More
Increasing visibility of non-conforming gender communities in stock photos
Whenever Lindsay Schrupp looked for stock photos of transgender people to illustrate stories for Vice, she found stereotypical images: trans and non-binary people applying makeup, or trying on a bra. There is little diversity when it comes to race or body size—“they are almost always women, and usually white,” Schrupp, editor in chief of Vice’s […] → Read More
Backlash after feminist literature organization passes on essay
In 2014, VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, an advocacy group focused on addressing misogyny and gender imparity in the publishing world, launched a new section on its website called Reports from the Field. The section, a precursor to the “Shitty Media Men” list, was meant to serve as a platform for women in the literary […] → Read More
Podcast: Clerk who took over for racist Ala. editor speaks
ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Managing Editor Betsy Morais and Staff Writer Alexandria Neason speak to Elecia Dexter, who briefly held the role of editor and publisher of The Democrat-Reporter in Linden, Alabama. Dexter quit last month after its owner and editor, Goodloe Sutton, wrote a column supporting the return of the Ku Klux Klan. SHOW […] → Read More
Podcast: What counts as journalism?
ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope and Seamus Hughes of George Washington University’s Program on Extremism talk about who gets to be a reporter and what counts as journalism, especially when done by institutions that aren’t traditionally journalistic. SHOW NOTES: The terrorism research center behind the Coast Guard officer scoop, […] → Read More
Podcast: Who is going to pay for journalism?
ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope and Mathew Ingram, CJR’s chief digital writer discuss The Cairncross Review, a report published in the UK, and the role of tech companies like Google and Facebook on news. They are joined by Josh Young, creator of our trust-based engagement platform, Galley by CJR, who […] → Read More
Student journalists hold power to account, with fewer protections
Last July, Harley Duncan, editor in chief of the University of North Alabama’s Flor-Ala newspaper learned that the school’s vice president of student affairs had resigned, and a professor had been banned from the college campus. Duncan filed a FOIA request for the two employees’ personnel records to determine the reasons behind their departures; when […] → Read More
Podcast: Should governments pay ransom for journalists?
ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Joel Simon, executive director of Committee to Protect Journalists about his latest book We Want to Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages and Ransom. They were joined by Janine di Giovanni, a human rights reporter in conflict zones and a senior fellow […] → Read More
Podcast: In conversation with Jill Abramson on her new book
ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times about her latest book, the controversies surrounding it and how she predicts the future of journalism in general. Show notes: Jill Abramson and the search for journalism’s future Kyle Pope, CJR When all […] → Read More