The Marshall Project, the Pulitzer-winning nonprofit media organization covering criminal justice, is excited to announce the hire of a new impact and communications manager.
Rahima Nasa Kazmi will oversee the tracking of impact, impact campaigns and communications for The Marshall Project, amplifying our journalism in the wider media and building the organization’s brand and profile.
Kazmi, who starts on Sept. 16, was previously a producer and show director at WNYC in New York. She’s taught as an adjunct professor at the Newmark Journalism School at CUNY, produced a podcast with John Carreyrou about Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal trial, and reported on how police fail to investigate hate crimes for ProPublica’s Documenting Hate project.
Kazmi brings broadcast skills to The Marshall Project and has a deep understanding of what show and program bookers seek in pitches. Her work at WNYC’s Notes from America overlapped with audience development, which meant getting stories in front of the people they were about. After the show became nationally syndicated, Kazmi helped recruit more public radio stations to carry the show by pitching them episodes the organizations could work on together. This included a partnership with KOSU in Oklahoma that focused on the multigenerational consequences of the federal Indian boarding school program and the Indian Child Welfare Act.
At The Marshall Project, Kazmi will play a central role in The Marshall Project’s strategy for getting our journalism into places where it can make a difference. In addition to Kazmi having the responsibility for landing broadcast interviews for our journalists, she will track the impact of our work on policymakers, advocates and other media; producing monthly media mentions; organizing live events; and coordinating other marketing projects. She will report to Chief Strategy Officer Ebony Reed and work closely with many departments, including newsroom journalists, audience professionals, fundraising staff, and the team working to get The Marshall Project’s journalism inside prisons and jails.
“I am thrilled that Rahima is bringing her skills and talents to The Marshall Project to elevate our communications about our award-winning and impactful journalism on the criminal justice system,” Reed said.
Kazmi is based in New York. Her email is rkazmi@themarshallproject.org.
