Salma Baksh
Journalist, Communications, & Voter Registration Intern at Witness to Mass Incarceration Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Witness to Mass Incarceration Inc.
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Journalist, Communications, & Voter Registration Intern
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Jul 2023 - Present
Manage the bi-monthly newsletter which includes profiles on formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs and their businesses, essays on social issues and their intersections with prison (such as climate change), and overviews of current events/politics relating to prison and formerly incarcerated people Reached out to other local organizations, community centers, and community board members to promote the event Suitcase Sunday; share ideas and goals, and strengthen inner bonds and connections to the people of their community. Created curriculum for voting workshops with topics such as civic engagement, democracy, and voting registration. Show less
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The Beacon
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Events Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Editor in Chief
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Oct 2022 - Present
Made executive decisions for the image and organization of the paper, including maintaining an active social media account, holding office hours, arranging outreach sessions and materials, identifying problems, and solving them appropriately. Managed the staff and provided guidance for their individual assignments. Encouraged the journalistic qualities of integrity, diligence, and creativity. Released 4 times in the 2022-2023 school year, the last release being an in-school event with physical copies of the final issue. Show less
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City Limits
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United States
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Newspaper Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Journalist
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Jul 2023 - Jul 2023
Paid journalism training program in which high school students learn the basics of journalism and practice those skills in the field. Paid journalism training program in which high school students learn the basics of journalism and practice those skills in the field.
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Education
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Forest Hills High School
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New York University
Modern Journalism Certificate, Journalism