| Title | Old and New Media |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Converging During the Pakistan Emergency (March 2007 – February 2008) |
| Contributor | Huma Yusuf (author) |
| Copyright | Huma Yusuf |
| Publisher | meson press |
| Published on | 2015-07-01 |
| Page range | pp. 205–234 |
| Language | English (Original) |
Huma Yusuf isafreelance media researcher andaGlobal Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. She holds a master’s degree from MIT’s Comparative Media Studies program and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. She was a research associate at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media during the 2007-2008 academic year. Her academic research at MIT examined how new media platforms and mediated practices help shape urban identity and negotiate street violence. As a print and online journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan, she reports on Pakistani politics, media trends, development, and violence against women. She is the recipient of the European Commission’s 2006 Natali Lorenzo Prize for Human Rights Journalism and the UNESCO/Pakistan Press Foundation 2005 Gender in Journalism Award.
Shobha S V is a digital media professional working in India. She is a trained journalist with an experience of working with media organisations viz. Daily News and Analysis, Times group and Mid-Day. A sociologist by training, she currently works for a women’s rights organisation working on issues relatyed to violence against women. She has experience in researching women’s experiences on social media, managing digital content, and designing and implementing projects related to crowd sourced knowledge and social justice.