Hibah Ansari

About

Hibah Ansari is a freelance reporter with experience covering stories about immigrant communities and communities of color in the Midwest and beyond. Ansari specializes in reporting on the local impact of immigration policies such as refugee resettlement, the asylum system, and immigration enforcement. She also has experience covering historic political campaigns of first-time politicians of color. Her breaking news stories, features, profiles, and resource guides have helped her foster readership in communities that have been historically marginalized by mainstream media. Ansari was named the 2022 Young Journalist of the Year by the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists and runner-up for the same award in 2021. She was a corps member for Report For America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms, from 2020 to 2023. She’s a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism where she received a Master of Science degree in journalism as part of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism program. Her work has also appeared in Sahan Journal, Next City, The Guardian, The Appeal, Minnesota Public Radio, the Star Tribune, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin and Documented. She holds a B.A. in journalism from UW–Madison.