Category: News

Sadaf Jaffer: Combatting Coronavirus and Crossing Unexpected Life Milestones

This Muslim.co feature is in partnership with Asian American Journalist Associations’ Muslim American Task Force with the mission to uplift Muslim community members.   Sadaf Jaffer is not your average local politician. The Ivy League graduate and postdoctoral research associate at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies is the current Mayor of Montgomery Township … Continue reading Sadaf Jaffer: Combatting Coronavirus and Crossing Unexpected Life Milestones

Google News Initiative and AAJA Training Series

  Join AAJA NY Chapter President and journalism tools trainer Frank Bi for a series of hands-on workshops focused on free digital tools that you can add to your toolbox and make a difference in your newsroom right away. Sponsored by the Google News Initiative. Trainings will include using Google tools to cover the election … Continue reading Google News Initiative and AAJA Training Series

AAJA Seeks Candidates for Revamped MediaWatch Committee

AAJA is seeking candidates to join its newly revamped MediaWatch committee. MediaWatch holds news organizations accountable to standards of accuracy and fairness in covering Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and AAPI issues. The volunteer-based committee also gets out in front of issues, encouraging good journalism as well as sharing best practices.   MediaWatch has long … Continue reading AAJA Seeks Candidates for Revamped MediaWatch Committee

Meet Dilshad D. Ali, Journalist and Autism Activist

This Muslim.co feature is in partnership with Asian American Journalist Associations’ Muslim American Task Force with the mission to uplift Muslim community members.    By Aishah Goumaneh Meet the journalist who serves the Muslim community for a great initiative. Dilshad D. Ali is a first-generation Virginia native writer, and autism awareness activist who studied Journalism at the University of Maryland. … Continue reading Meet Dilshad D. Ali, Journalist and Autism Activist

Go to College, Strengthen Your Iman: Hatem Bazian and Zaytuna College

  This feature is in partnership with Asian American Journalist Associations’ Muslim American Task Force with the mission to uplift Muslim community members.   Hatem Bazian, 55, holds many titles not the least of which is a devout Muslim trying to make the world a better place. He is a father, a husband, a faculty … Continue reading Go to College, Strengthen Your Iman: Hatem Bazian and Zaytuna College

Islamic Scholar Dalia Mogahed Wants You to Know That you are ‘Muslim Enough’

This Muslim.co feature is in partnership with Asian American Journalist Associations’ Muslim American Task Force with the mission to uplift Muslim community members.   Islamic scholar and Muslim media figure Dalia Mogahed got candid with Muslim about identity, her personal battle with being the “perfect” Muslim, and her experience as a minority figurehead in America. After going viral in 2016 for … Continue reading Islamic Scholar Dalia Mogahed Wants You to Know That you are ‘Muslim Enough’

Defying the Norm, Again: Activist Qasim Rashid Runs For Congress

This Muslim.co feature is in partnership with Asian American Journalist Associations’ Muslim American Task Force with the mission to uplift Muslim community members.   Earlier this year, human rights lawyer Qasim Rashid announced his bid for Virginia’s 1st District seat in the U.S. Congress. Muslim spoke to Rashid about migrating to the United States, the significance of his bid, being … Continue reading Defying the Norm, Again: Activist Qasim Rashid Runs For Congress

‘Lean Into The Discomfort’: Activst Zahra Billoo Says Check Your Privilege, Focus on Your Faith

  This Muslim.co feature is in partnership with Asian American Journalist Associations’ Muslim American Task Force with the mission to uplift Muslim community members.   You may have seen her before, standing up for Muslim’s rights on TV or shutting haters down on Twitter. Zahra Billoo is a civil rights lawyer and executive director of the oldest chapter of theCouncil … Continue reading ‘Lean Into The Discomfort’: Activst Zahra Billoo Says Check Your Privilege, Focus on Your Faith

Roshan Fernandez Wins 2020 AL Young Sports Journalism Scholarship

    The Asian American Journalists Association Sports Task Force is proud to announce Roshan Fernandez as the 2020 winner of the Al Young Sports Journalism Scholarship.    Fernandez, a magazine, newspaper and digital journalism major at Syracuse, is the fifth overall – and first freshman – recipient of the award.    “Roshan’s accomplishments, dedication and passion as a sports … Continue reading Roshan Fernandez Wins 2020 AL Young Sports Journalism Scholarship