Saeed Ahmed, Director of Digital News @ NPR

Simi speaks with Saeed Ahmed, Director of Digital News at NPR.

Prior to joining NPR in 2021, Saeed served as Assistant Managing Editor of CNN Digital. He He began his 13-year career at CNN as a Newsdesk editor for The CNN Wire, and went on to spearhead their content diversity efforts and create the top two newsletters in CNN's portfolio: 5 Things and The Good Stuff. Prior to CNN, Saeed spent seven years at the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, where he was a part of the breaking-news team that became a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Recently, he was awarded a News Emmy Award for an interactive media piece: How American Police Gear up to Respond to Protests.

Originally born in Bangladesh and raised in the United Arab Emirates, Saeed first immigrated to the U.S. to attend Morehouse, a historical Black college. In this episode, Saeed takes us through his journey in journalism, from being a cops and crimes beat reporter to shaping the future of news at NPR today.

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