Wali Khan

The Washington Post, Remote (Michigan)

Talent Network & Freelance Reporter, February 2023 - Present

• Provided on-the-ground coverage on worker strikes, school shooting, and sexual harassment case; built and maintained long-term relationships with sources and law enforcement

• 236 minutes of terror at MSU: Barricaded with a gunman on the loose

• At Michigan State, a return to classes prompts fear, anger and protest

• MSU students grew up on lockdown drills. The shooting is a call to action

WKAR National Public Radio, East Lansing, MI

Reporter/Intern, July 2023 - Present

• Produced 50 stories for both radio and digital articles, as well as filmed 5 documentaries on local government, education, hate crimes, public health, and climate; wrote copy, recorded voice-overs, spots, two-ways, and live voiceovers for NPR’s All Things Considered show

• Directed and shot Opening Day of Deer Season, awarded second place in Visual Storytelling (PMJA, June 2024)

Lansing City Pulse, Lansing, MI

Intern, July 2022 - September 2022

• Crafted and sent in FOIA requests, reviewed public records, as well as interviewed 25 people to uncover and report on university police department’s inadequate handling of mass shooting threat

• Cover story: The Kid Down the Hall: Five Weeks of Fear at MSU

VICE World News, Remote (Singapore/Asia-Pacific Bureau) 

Freelance Investigative Reporter, August 2021 - October 2022

• Published exposé on institutional cover-up of sexual assault and harassment at top-ranked college in Singapore; studied law enforcement procedures, wiretapped room with permission of victim, decoded efforts to conceal identity of senior police executive who falsified evidence, and maintained source confidentiality even throughout hostility and police interrogation. 

• Police executive’s employment was terminated as a result of my investigation.

• ”I Was Horrified”: Singapore’s Top University Accused of Mishandling Sexual Abuse Cases

Great Lakes Echo, East Lansing, MI

Social Media Manager, September 2021 - January 2022

• Designed 30 infographics for Instagram to draw readers to environmental journalism news

The Parrot Review, Singapore

Editor-in-Chief, December 2019 - December 2021

• Founded online publication with readership of 60,000 and led team of 7 reporters in creating 50 stories about criminal justice, discrimination, government, and surveillance in Singapore

Education

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, August 2021 - Present (Expected graduation 2025)

• Key courses: International Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Story, Sound & Motion

Extras

• Mandarin and Cantonese native speaker

• Photography from 2024 DNC selected for two-month exhibition at the Chicago Center for Photojournalism (Oct - Dec 2024)