Nayeema Raza

New York Magazine | Vox Media

Journalist

Description

She is the Executive Producer of the Vox Media Podcast "On with Kara Swisher” and a guest moderator of the show “Open to Debate” (formerly Intelligence Squared) which can be heard on WNYC and NPR stations. Nayeema was previously a Senior Editor at The New York Times where she ran the interview podcast “Sway,” produced video op-eds on topics from immigration to internet privacy, and penned opinion essays on modern culture. Nayeema came into journalism with a background in documentary filmmaking and international development consulting. She started her career at the Monitor Group, where she spent five years advising foreign governments in Libya, Vietnam, Jordan and Sub-Saharan Africa on economic reform and market-based solutions to poverty. Nayeema attended Georgetown University, earning her BSFS in international political economy in 2006. She completed her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2014 and her MPA from Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2014. She is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, where she serves on the Term Member Advisory Committee. She is also a member of the Writers Guild of America, on the Young Patrons Leadership Committee of PEN America and a member of the 2024 Class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.