Zainab Abdulrasaq
Verified
(She/Her)
- Investigative reporter, The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR)
- Fact Checker, FactCheckHub
Abuja
Covers:
Health claims, Politics and governance claims/report, Economy and Scam related claims, Conflict and security claims/reports, digital misinformation claims/reports and sport claims.
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first female curator (2×) @soba_fest| fact-checker @factcheckhub| investigative reporter @TheICIR| reader| writer| linguist| muslim
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
My current job
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No.
How is social media changing news?
Social media makes news get to wider audience, it's beautiful.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
None.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means to be the light guiding people.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
I can't recall.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I have no preference.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
I use Google reverse image search, Wayback machine, TinEye and the likes.
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram.
Who do you wish followed you?
Salem King
Why did you become a journalist?
To bring news to the local level. I love clarity
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Unfortunately, we didn't publish a newspaper, but I did work with the press club in my high school as the financial secretary.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The one on false rape accusations, and the justice set for that.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write your truth, write the truth.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
It was on false rape accusations.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
There's no bad pitch.
What's your favorite drink?
I have none, I gravitating towards water.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
My head buried in books.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Mustapha's work on ICIR
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I'm versatile.
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