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Qainat Khan

Qainat Khan

Qainat Khan is The GroundTruth Project's former Digital Editor. Qainat came to GroundTruth from the WBUR newsroom, where she was the Associate Producer of the local Morning Edition program. Before coming to Boston, Qainat got her journalism degree at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and interned at StoryCorps, the national oral history project. She got her undergraduate degree at Colby College, where she studied Music and Gender Studies. When she isn't at work, you'll find Qainat in the wilds of Maine.
Data journalism can be time consuming, but it will bolster the authority of your reporting. (Lindsay Holmwood/Flickr Creative Commons)
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Taking the plunge into data journalism

This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here.  Even if...

Jan 09, 2018
A market in Herat, Afghanistan (Lauren Bohn/GroundTruth)
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Interviewing people who have experienced trauma

This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here. My GroundTruth...

Dec 26, 2017
Kelsie Jones, 26, is a medical assistant in Polson, Montana. She is the one of the first graduates of the new medical assistant program at Salish and Kootenai College, an effort by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to provide more job training opportunities in the healthcare field. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
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Healthcare in Montana

Healthcare in Montana: Tribal efforts to heal the consequences of old wounds Kelsie Jones, 26, is a medical...

Dec 15, 2017
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Tips for working with Census data

Census data is a treasure trove of information about American demographics. Journalists often mine its data to write...

Dec 13, 2017
Omar Naré runs through a song prior to his show, VIVO: A Chicano Performance, at the BitWise, a tech hub with a long, rectangular theater in downtown Fresno, California, on Saturday, November 11, 2017. (Photo by Brittany Greeson with Prisma filter)
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Nuevo Mariachi

Nuevo Mariachi: Nuevo Mariachi (Photo by Brittany Greeson with Prisma filter) By Qainat Khan|November 16, 2017|@QNK11 Listen to...

Nov 16, 2017
Bill Estep, (pointing, center) facilitated a visit to the site of a former strip mine. Also pictured, from left: Eric Bosco, former coal worker Kenny Stanley, Qainat Khan and Gabriel Sanchez. (Photo by Ben Brody/GroundTruth)
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Community journalism wisdom from Kentucky (and why local reporting matters)

This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here.  After two...

Nov 14, 2017
(Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection via Flickr)
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A journalist’s guide to entering the U.S.

You may have heard of Canadian photojournalist Ed Ou, who refused to unlock his devices for Customs and...

Oct 17, 2017
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Contextualizing Your Reporting

This week, we wanted to share some advice from two acclaimed documentarians – Callie Crossley and Michael Kirk...

Oct 03, 2017
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Overcoming bias: recognizing it in people — and your reporting

This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here.  This week,...

Sep 26, 2017
Katharine Mieszkowski reported on the largest residential water users during the California drought. (Kevin Cortopassi/Flickr Creative Commons)
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Investigative reporting tips with Reveal’s Katharine Mieszkowski

This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here.  I suppose...

Sep 05, 2017
If public information requests make you think of endless documents in manila envelopes, fear not. We have some tips for crafting and following up on your public records request. (Marcin Wichary/Flickr Creative Commons)
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Tips for filing public records requests

This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here.  Public records...

Aug 22, 2017
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