Asraa Mustufa

Asraa Mustufa is digital editor at The Chicago Reporter, an investigative news organization focused on race, poverty and income inequality. She is a member of the Institute for Nonprofit News’ 2019 Emerging Leaders Council. In 2018, Asraa was also selected for Poynter and the National Association of Black Journalists’ Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media and the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica’s Data Institute. A Chicago transplant by way of New Jersey, Asraa has worked with various community organizations in the Chicago area, and has written and reported on surveillance, national security, immigration, criminal justice, and policing. She studied journalism, political science, and south Asian studies at Rutgers University.