July • 2020
Her story was thoroughly reported and well written
Kulsoom K.
Chicago, IL, USA
4 reviews$500 - $800 / Day
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Kulsoom Khan is a freelance multimedia journalist currently based in the Greater Chicago area. She has worked with Voice of America, Chicago Tribune, the Associated Press, AFPTV and China Plus News, the digital platform of China Radio International. Kulsoom has experience in print, digital, and broadcast platforms in both local and national newsrooms in Pennsylvania, New York, and Washington D.C. Among other news outlets, she has also worked for the Times Leader, PBS Newshour, and MSNBC. Kulsoom also served as a research assistant for the biography: “The Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Invention of 20th-Century Journalism”, winner of the 2018 Sperber Prize. In 2014, she reported on the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings from Boston and the growing Latino community in New Orleans as part of a special project sponsored by New York University’s Reporting The Nation graduate program. Kulsoom is specifically interested in how politics and international conflicts affect people as well as human rights, terrorism and immigrant communities. Regardless of the medium or the topic, storytelling is an art and she hopes to do it justice through her endeavors.
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July • 2020
Kulsoom's story was thoroughly reported and well written with a good angle and compelling lead
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Produced for Voice of America
Ten Years On, Syrian Refugees in US Express Loss, Hope
-Conducted research, Arranged shoots, Conducted and shot interviews and b-roll, Obtained stills, Cut sound and B-roll shots, and Wrote script -Wrote corresponding web story and took stills
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- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Field Producer
Produced for Voice of America
Chicago's Belarusian Community Backs Protests at Home
-Conducted research, Conducted and Shot interviews and b-roll, Cut sound and b-roll shots, Wrote script -Wrote corresponding web story and took stills
- Reporter / Journalist
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Field Producer
Produced for Voice of America
Estudiantes de Caracas y Chicago viven experiencia de aprendizaje musical
-Coordinated with VOA Spanish team in Washington D.C. to shoot interviews and b-roll in Chicago for TV package -Cut b-roll shots and sequences and sent shot list to reporter along with full interviews
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Field Producer
Produced for AFP
Al Jazeera AJ+ via AFP-Thousands Demand ‘No War With Iran’
Shot b-roll, captured sound, cut b-roll and soundbites from Chicago protest against Iran War for AFP and AFPTV- some of the material was used by AJ+
- Reporter / Journalist
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Produced for Voice of America
Voice of America-Latino Artist Uses Paintings to Counter Anti-Immigrant Attitudes
reported story and took corresponding stills
- Reporter / Journalist
Chicago Tribune Media Group--Students from Libertyville and Deerfield who see gun violence as their generational issue are organizing a summit in Chicago to mobilize others
feature story on teens from the Chicago-Area planning and fundraising for a national youth-led gun violence summit in Chicago
- Reporter / Journalist
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- Video Editor - News
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- Copywriter
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