Raza, shown covering elections in Uttar Pradesh, will use what he learns during the fellowship to improve coverage of Muslims in India 

Danish Raza’s reporting at the Hindustan Times, India’s second largest English language daily newspaper, focuses on social justice, gender and caste violence.  Assignments range from covering the Maoist insurgency to national politics.

“His articles display a passion to cover humanitarian issues with a nuanced approach,” HT’s editor-in-chief, Sukumar Ranganathan, wrote. “He is able to grasp complex issues.  Boiling down policy matters successfully requires a mastery of the subject. …Victims and survivors, rather than experts and aid workers, do most of the talking in his articles.”

Raza recently was promoted to assistant editor and has experience teaching journalism ethics and law to college students. He began working at the Minneapolis Star Tribune in April. By the end of his fellowship, he intends to produce a handbook for journalists, “Covering Muslims in India.”

“Based on my experience of covering Muslims, Islamic affairs in India, combined with the insights gained at the host newsroom (during the fellowship), I wish to help news organisations back home become pluralistic and inclusive, particularly in their portrayal of Muslims,” Raza said.

Raza’s fellowship is funded by the Patrick and Janna Stueve Foundation.

Link to Danish’s articles in the Star Tribune

  • Minneapolis could soon be home to a permanent memorial to survivors of sexual violence, which organizers say would be the first of its kind in the country.
  • The number of people moving into the Twin Cities from abroad fell dramatically over the last two years, based on new Census estimates that show the effect of shifting federal immigration policies.
  • People gathered for a midday mass at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis on Tuesday in a show of support for Notre Dame Cathedral after the Paris landmark was heavily damaged in a massive fire.
  •  Hundreds of apartments for seniors could rise in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, without the conflict that often accompanies new developments in old neighborhoods.
  • The Minnesota Department of Health has reported a child’s death from the flu, a first in the state during a relatively mild season.
  • Hundreds of apartments for seniors could rise in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, without the conflict that often accompanies new developments in old neighborhoods.