Prison Journalism Project
Shaheen Pasha is an accomplished journalist and educator with extensive experience in academia and media. Currently, Shaheen serves as Co-Founder and Chief Education Officer of the Prison Journalism Project and as a Teaching Assistant Professor at Penn State University. Previously, Shaheen was an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, teaching writing and reporting with a focus on international journalism. Shaheen's media career includes roles as Acting North Asia and China Regional Editor for Thomson Reuters, Middle East Regional Editor for The Brief, and Islamic Finance Correspondent for Thomson Reuters, among others. Shaheen's educational background includes a Master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelor's degree in Speech Communication from Pace University.
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Prison Journalism Project
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We are an independent non-partisan journalism organization that works with incarcerated writers and those impacted by incarceration to train them in the tools of journalism and help them reach a wide audience through our publication as well as through collaborations with mainstream media. The genesis of our organization is based on a simple question: how can we unleash the enormous power of journalism to elevate and amplify the voices so often left out of the public conversation about justice and imprisonment in our society? We believe that the deep reforms that are necessary to fix the U.S. criminal justice system can only happen by shifting the narrative. Intentional, responsible and well-crafted journalism from within the incarcerated community can break stereotypes, bring more transparency and drive change. Our solution is to provide the necessary training to create the first nationwide network of prison journalists who know the system from the inside.