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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2026  
KQED - 50 Years on, Anne Rice’s ‘Interview With the Vampire’ Remains Immortal in San Francisco
2026  
KQED - ‘Time Capsules’: Huge San Francisco Archive of Kids' Books Traces Long History of LGBTQ Families
2026  
KQED - As SF Giants’ Pride Night Fallout Continues, Fans Recall Historic 1994 AIDS Benefit

2026  
KQED - San Francisco Trans-Led Space Fears Closure, 9 Months After Opening
Photo by Beth LaBerge


2025  
NPR - Palestinian-Americans in the U.S. say helping loved ones in Gaza is an uphill battle

2025  
KQED - Alameda County Set to Approve Reparations Fund for Displaced Russell City Residents

2025  
KQED - ‘A Death Sentence’: US Denies Parole for Gaza Family of California Resident
2025  
KQED - Newsom Pledged $12 Million for Racial Justice in California. What Now?
2025  
KQED - 'Let’s Fight Back': 127 Years After Momentous Supreme Court Ruling, San Francisco Honors Wong Kim Ark
2025  
KQED - This Santa Cruz Congressman Received More Than $250,000 From a Powerful Pro-Israel Lobby

2024  
KQED - You're Entitled to an Abortion in California. What Can You Do if You're Denied One?

Photo by Juliana Yamada
2024  
KQED - Charli XCX Said ‘Kamala IS Brat.’ 3 Months On, Do Her Bay Area Fans Agree?

2024  
KQED - How the Fandom Vote is Shaping the 2024 Election

Photo by Gina Castro


2024  
KQED - In an Oceanside Town, a Woman Fights for Her Family's Survival in Gaza

Photo by Beth LaBerge


2024  
KQED - Why These Queer Pro-Palestinian Advocates Are Calling for a Boycott of SF Pride

2024  
KQED - Applying For Student Aid Was Supposed to Be Easier This Year. It Wasn’t
Illustration by Anna Vignet


2024  
KQED - California's Class of 2024 Lags in Student Aid Applications, Data Shows

2023  
KQED - ‘This Is Resistance’: Queer Palestinian Artists and Activists in the Bay Area Are Speaking Out

2023  
Michigan Public - As housing costs soar, Mich. tenants eye rent control. But there’s a catch.

2022  
Michigan Public - Detroiters facing unsafe conditions can withhold rent payments. Here’s how one woman put her rent money aside and got to keep it.

Illustration by Paulette Parker


2022  
Michigan Public - “Was this gonna be a death sentence for me?” Inside the pandemic at the Wayne Co. Jail

2022  
Michigan Public - At least 120 inmates locked up in Wayne County for 18 or more months without trial, conviction

2022  
Michigan Public - “I will never be a ‘Go Blue’ girl”: Survivors find it hard to trust UM’s efforts to improve sexual assault complaint process

2021
Michigan Public - A year after “defund” protests, most large Michigan cities spending more on police, not less

Graphic by Nisa Khan


2021
Michigan Public - White neighborhoods received PPP loans at twice the rate of Latino communities in metro Detroit

2021
Detroit Free Press - 'We Lived It': Mom of 'asthma family' is petrified of COVID-19

2020
Detroit Free Press - Michigan passes 10,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths

2020
Detroit Free Press - Where coronavirus cases are increasing — and decreasing — in Michigan

Graphic by Nisa Khan


2020
Detroit Free Press - Michigan coronavirus cases: Tracking the pandemic
2018
ProPublica - We Found a New Batch of Trump Administration Appointees