Mina Haq is a consultant with PEN America’s journalism and disinformation program. She came to PEN after six years at The Washington Post, where she worked as a curation editor on the apps and homepage team during some of the defining stories of the past decade, such as the coronavirus pandemic and the Jan. 6 insurrection. On the curation team, she helped with the launch of The Post’s flagship morning briefing, The 7, wrote breaking news alerts and built special collections for events such as the Summer Olympics. During her time on The Post’s copy desk, she edited breaking news and investigative pieces while training fellow editors on headline-writing and search engine optimization. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in journalism.
Mina Haq
Consultant, Journalism and Disinformation
Articles by Mina Haq
Wednesday August 21
How a Washington Post health reporter navigates covering falsehoods
“My job is to illuminate for readers the trends in the health misinfo space that they may not see the connective tissue on, but that they see on their social media.”
Thursday July 25
Community engagement can mitigate disinformation. Here’s how a Dallas editor is leading the way.
David Silva Ramirez knows disinformers try to fill gaps in information for people who might not understand the inner workings of their local government.
Thursday July 18
An interview with disinformation reporter Jane Lytvynenko on Russia, social media and regaining trust
As a reporter who spent years covering disinformation and online manipulation, Jane Lytvynenko knows a thing or two about how these campaigns have evolved.