Hello, I’m Nisa Khan.
I am dedicated to producing responsible journalism on complex, nuanced stories. My work ranges widely, from culture features to criminal justice investigations to data analysis to utility explainers to sports coverage, and has been featured on outlets like NPR, KQED, Michigan Public, Detroit Free Press and ProPublica.
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I often make appearances on the radio and podcasts like Political Breakdown, Forum, and Stateside. (Sometimes they let me talk about Taylor Swift on air.)
I have been recognized multiple times for my reporting, including most recently by the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California, the SF Press Club and the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists. I was once a finalist for Young Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists, Detroit.
I have also been invited to speak at panels and conferences like KQEDFest and the Great Lakes Data & Analytics Summit.
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I was formerly the first full-time data reporter at Michigan Radio and contributed to the Peabody-winning NPR podcast Believed. During the height of the pandemic, I assisted in the maintenance and development of the Detroit Free Press COVID-19 tracker.
I earned a Bachelor of Science in Information from the University of Michigan and a Master of Arts in Communication from Stanford University. (As a student, I once got to introduce Ronan Farrow at an event.)
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Outside of work, I have a love of fiction, film, pop culture, and weird internet projects.
I was part of the McCormack Writing Center’s 2026 Spring YA Workshop and the Kearny Street Workshop’s 2025 Interdisciplinary Writers Lab. I was also a 2023-2024 resident at The Ruby, a creative space in the Bay Area. My fiction work was once featured in the display at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.