Mina Haq

Consultant, Journalism and Disinformation

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.


Articles by Mina Haq

Disinformation
Wednesday September 25

Local news is pivotal in the fight to save democracy, expert says

DeVigal helped to create Gather, a platform to support community-minded journalists, and the Doers Gathering, a toolkit for community-driven solutions to local issues.

Disinformation
Monday September 23

Tech won’t save journalists from generative AI – but all hope is not lost

The question of whether generative artificial intelligence is convincing enough to affect our politics is outdated. Sophisticated voice cloning, virtually undetectable deep-fake videos and realistic fake images have spread in the United States and abroad. The better question is: How will these advancements in AI affect our relationship with the truth? This election season, a Read more…

Disinformation
Friday September 13

National security reporter says American journalists could learn from Taiwan when tackling disinformation

Joseph Gedeon’s time covering politics and misinformation at The Associated Press offered insight into how disinformation campaigns have affected U.S. elections