Name: Nisa Khan

Recipient Year: 2019

Major: Journalism

Description: Nisa Khan has recently been hired as a data-reporter for Michigan Radio and is proud to cover her home state. In the past, Nisa has worked as a data intern at the Detroit Free Press. Additionally, she was a digital intern at Michigan Radio and worked with Michigan Radio's Peabody award winning Believed podcast team. Nisa is a University of Michigan School of Information graduate, where she got her start at the The Michigan Daily. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Stanford, where she focused on data and multimedia. She was also a City University of New York (CUNY) Fellow at ProPublica.

School Name: University of Michigan

Sponsor: Afzal Family Foundation

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nisa-khan/