Anisa Shabir

Portfolio

This section highlights some of my most memorable and impactful work over the years.

Fact-checking and Open-source reporting

I produce in-depth fact checks to identify and debunk misinformation and disinformation across social, digital and traditional media for Soch Fact Check, Pakistan’s only IFCN signatory and Meta’s third-party fact-checking partner. See my fact-checking portfolio here.

In my role as an open-source reporter, I use advanced open-source intelligence methods, including geolocation, chronolocation, satellite imagery analysis, and metadata analysis, to investigate and contextualise complex stories. Some selected stories include:

  1. Lahore’s Park View City flooding: Exposing lawmaker Aleem Khan’s false narrative
  2. India sent Israeli Harop drones to Pakistan, debris analysis finds

In The Sheriff We Trust

In The Sheriff We Trust

In The Sheriff We Trust is a multi-part investigation by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University in collaboration with the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. The monthslong investigation found that the controversial sheriff group, the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) had expanded its reach across the U.S. by holding rallies, events and conducting trainings for law enforcement.

The multi-part investigation:

The Associated Press (AP) features In The Sheriff We Trust

A right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law is gaining acceptance around the country

Female journalists in Balochistan brave through the odds

This is an in-depth story about the 5 women journalists working in Balochistan, the southwestern province of Pakistan. My reporting sheds light on the harrowing experiences of women journalists reporting in the field and how they are braving the odds.

With no ethics board, Phoenix residents who file complaints face obstacles, silence and secrecy

With no ethics board, Phoenix residents who file complaints face obstacles, silence and secrecy
The Howard Center Investigation found that after residents filed complaints with the City of Phoenix’s ethics commission, created six years ago but with no members on the board, they faced “obstacles, silence and secrecy.”

Phoenix’s neighborhood planning boards lean on members with ties to real estate industry

Phoenix’s neighborhood planning boards lean on members with ties to real estate industry
This is the continuation of the story about the lack of an ethics commission in Phoenix. Our analysis found that nearly one-third of members of the village planning committees had connections to real estate and similar occupations, thus raising the possibility of conflicts of interest.

Pakistani woman restaurant owner made inroads in U.S.

I interviewed and wrote a profile on Farah Khalid, the owner of the Curry Corner, a Pakistani restaurant in Tempe, Arizona. It tells the story of how Khalid made inroads in the U.S. by running a business away from her home country Pakistan.

U.S. House, District 4: Kelly Cooper hopes Trump endorsement will tip competitive race

U.S. House, District 4: Kelly Cooper hopes Trump endorsement will tip competitive race

Balochistan Voices

My most memorable work at Balochistan Voices was interviewing Dr. Mahrang Baloch, a human rights activist from Balochistan.

Link to the whole portfolio for my work at Balochistan Voices.