Nisa Khan
Data ReporterNisa Khan joins Michigan Radio as the station’s first full-time data reporter. In that capacity, she will be reporting on data-driven news stories as well as working with other news staff to acquire and analyze data in support of their journalism.
Most recently Nisa has been working at the Detroit Free Press analyzing COVID-19 data. Additionally, she was a digital intern at Michigan Radio and worked with Michigan Radio's Peabody award winning Believed podcast team.
Nisa is a University of Michigan graduate in information science and has a Master’s degree in journalism from Stanford, where she focused on data and multimedia. She was a City University of New York (CUNY) Journalism Fellow at ProPublica where she did data journalism, as well.
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The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission released finalized district maps in December, which are scheduled to take effect for the next election cycle. Here’s what you need to know about how the districts will change and who's declared their candidacy so far. -
“And more importantly, that I just felt sad that he had been in power for so long, and it took this for the Regents to finally publicly say that he was a bad leader, even though they knew it for many years before that.” -
Detroit police have made many more arrests for carrying a concealed weapon during the pandemic. But defense attorneys say the arrests have been heavy-handed, burdening an already backlogged court system, and eroding public trust in police. -
Here are the CDC guidelines that were recently updated. -
“I will also say personally, in our hospital, I have seen more children hospitalized and some very sick in the ICU with COVID-19 in just the last few months since the Delta variant came about than I have throughout the whole pandemic," a doctor said during a town hall meeting. -
Amid the turmoil, the university recently made what it calls “sweeping changes” to its procedures this summer. -
Use this map to see how many people ages 12 to 19 are vaccinated in your county. -
Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel said to The Macomb Daily that other schools and counties are reporting differently than Macomb County. -
“We want MSU to stand up and do the right thing," Union president Kate Birdsall said. -
Jason Smith from the Michigan Center for Youth Justice called the legislation "historic."
