Jareen has been interviewed by various publications about her work in journalism and social media, her experience addressing issues such as online safety for journalists, and her nonprofit work.
Jareen was invited to speak at Hacks/Hackers London to discuss how her work with Women Do News helps increase equality for women journalists online. In the lecture, Jareen speaks about how biographies of female and non-binary journalists are underrepresented on Wikipedia, which can lead to issues related to safety, credibility, and recognition.
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In 2021, Jareen was invited by the Wikimedia Foundation and the Asian American Journalists Association to speak about raising the profiles, stories, and voices of Asian American journalists online and beyond.
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In the summer of 2020, Jareen led a global team of journalists at NBC News to report on the intensifying situation in Portland as federal agents clashed with civilians and protesters. Her team worked with freelance journalists to capture harrowing footage of these incidents. Read her interview from the article.
“Media companies that weren’t local to the community were relying on social media footage in order to report on the most recent developments,” says Jareen Imam, director of NBC News Social Newsgathering, over email. Imam’s team has licensed several of Davis’s videos. “Especially because it takes time to deploy reporting crews, plus the threat of the pandemic,” she said.
In an episode of It’s All Journalism, Jareen discusses the value added when biographies of notable female journalists are published on Wikipedia. Her work was also featured on the Take The Lead blog.
In 2019, Jareen was interviewed by the Poynter Institute about her work on the Capital Gazette newspaper shooting. During her investigative work, she was targeted and harassed online. She describes how she navigated that difficult time while leading a team and reporting on this important story.
