November 4, 2022

Aala Abdullahi, MA 2020

As part of her work as the innovation editor for Sahan Journal, Studio 20 alumna Aala Abdullahi launched a new Somali newsletter for the community in Minnesota in October 2022. She also leads the newsroom’s experimentation efforts around new news products that serve the needs of immigrants, refugees and communities of color in the U.S. Her community engagement project called “Citizen Lab” was one of 25 community and audience engagement projects funded by the Google News Initiative and won the LION community engagement award in 2021.