Tasneem Raja
Tasneem Raja is the current editor-in-chief for The Oaklandside, a non-profit newsroom based in Oakland, California that is funded by Google News Initiative and the American Journalism project.
She has worked for Mother Jones, The Chicago Reader, NPR Code Switch, and co-founded The Tyler Loop.
Biography
The daughter of immigrants from India and Pakistan, Raja was born and raised in Greater Philadelphia.{{cite news|last1=Raja|first1=Tasneem|title=What's So Funny About The Indian Accent? Episode 15 |url= https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/08/31/492073698/whats-so-funny-about-the-indian-accent-episode-15 |access-date=13 April 2021|work=NPR|date=August 31, 2016}} Raja attended the University of California, Berkeley School of Journalism.{{cite news|last1=Marx|first1=Damon|title=NPR Hires Tasneem Raja As Senior Digital Editor of 'Code Switch'|url=http://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/npr-hires-tasneem-raja-as-senior-digital-editor-of-code-switch/137591|access-date=4 August 2016|work=FishbowlDC|date=December 18, 2014}} She was interactive editor at Mother Jones{{cite news|last1=Barr|first1=Jeremy|title=NPR hires Tasneem Raja from Mother Jones|url=http://www.politico.com/media/story/2014/12/npr-hires-tasneem-raja-from-mother-jones-003236|access-date=16 August 2016|work=Politico|date=December 18, 2014}} and a features reporter at The Chicago Reader{{cite news|last1=Mullin|first1=Benjamin|title=Tasneem Raja named senior digital editor at NPR|url=http://www.poynter.org/2014/tasneem-raja-named-senior-digital-editor-at-npr/309207/|access-date=4 August 2016|work=Poynter|date=18 December 2014}} before joining NPR at the Code Switch team in January 2015,{{cite news|last1=Cision staff|title=Code Switch Nabs Tasneem Raja {{!}} Cision|url=http://www.cision.com/us/2014/12/code-switch-nabs-tasneem-raja/|access-date=4 August 2016|work=Cision|date=29 December 2014}} becoming senior digital editor.{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Justin|title=Tasneem Raja on how NPR's Code Switch navigates the increasingly crowded race-and-culture beat|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/10/tasneem-raja-on-how-nprs-code-switch-navigates-the-increasingly-crowded-race-and-culture-beat/|access-date=4 August 2016|work=Neiman Lab|date=October 5, 2015}}
At NPR, Raja led the team developing the Code Switch podcast;{{cite news|last1=Ragusea|first1=Adam|author-link1=Adam Ragusea|title=NPR diversity VP steps in as interim Code Switch editor|url=http://current.org/2016/10/npr-diversity-vp-steps-in-as-interim-code-switch-editor/|access-date=16 October 2016|work=Current|date=October 5, 2016}} launched in May 2016, the podcast quickly drew praise{{cite magazine|title=5 Podcasts You Need to Hear to Get Through This Week|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/07/this-week-in-podcasts-july-18/|access-date=5 August 2016|magazine=Wired|date=July 18, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Locker|first1=Melissa|title=Small Town Horror provides radio scares while Code Switch gets its own podcast|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/may/16/podcast-jon-hamm-small-town-horrors-npr-code-switch|access-date=4 August 2016|work=The Guardian|date=16 May 2016}} with Los Angeles Magazine saying, "NPR’s 'Code Switch' began as a popular blog, but its evolution into a podcast seems natural...it explores issues of race, culture, and politics in a personal way that flourishes in an audio format."{{cite news|last1=Abarbanel|first1=Aliza|title=5 Podcasts You Must Listen to This Summer|url=http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/5-podcasts-must-listen-summer/|access-date=5 August 2016|work=Los Angeles Magazine|date=20 July 2016}} In 2017, Raja and her husband founded The Tyler Loop, a digital news site covering Tyler, Texas.{{Cite web|date=2019-04-11|title=Deep in the heart of Texas, The Tyler Loop, a digital news startup, is working toward sustainability|url=https://www.lenfestinstitute.org/solution-set/deep-in-the-heart-of-texas-the-tyler-loop-a-digital-news-startup-is-working-toward-sustainability/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=Lenfest Institute for Journalism|language=en-US}}
Raja is noted for her accomplishments with technology in journalism. While news apps editor at The Bay Citizen, Raja's "team built a Bike Accident Tracker and a government salary database, among other things."{{cite news|last1=Howard|first1=Alexander|title=Tasneem Raja urges newsrooms to adopt pair programming for better data journalism {{!}}|url=http://towcenter.org/tasneem-raja-urges-newsrooms-to-adopt-pair-programming-for-better-data-journalism/|access-date=4 August 2016|work=Tow Center|date=May 2, 2014}} She's prominently written about diversity in computer science{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/06/16/322610424/can-schools-solve-the-tech-industrys-pipeline-problem|title=Can Schools Solve The Tech Industry's Pipeline Problem?|last=Summers|first=Juana|date=January 16, 2014|work=NPR|access-date=August 6, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Nene|first1=Chhaya|title=NPR's Code Switch Senior Digital Editor Tasneem Raja on Becoming a South Asian American Journalist|url=http://www.india.com/lifestyle/nprs-code-switch-senior-digital-editor-tasneem-raja-on-becoming-a-south-asian-american-journalist-1335676/|access-date=4 August 2016|work=India.com|date=16 July 2016}} as well as "brogrammer" culture in Silicon Valley.{{Cite news|url=http://theweek.com/articles/476014/brogramming-disturbing-rise-frat-culture-silicon-valley|title=Brogramming: The disturbing rise of frat culture in Silicon Valley|last=The Week staff|date=April 30, 2012|work=The Week|access-date=August 4, 2016}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/45960-indiegogo-documentary-code-asks-why-women-stopped-coding-its-an-important-question|title=Indiegogo Documentary 'Code' Asks Why Women Stopped Coding, & It's An Important Question|last=Chang|first=Lulu|date=October 26, 2014|work=Bustle|access-date=August 4, 2016}}
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