Interviews:
- Leading Millennials: Masuma Ahuja, CNN - The Splice Newsroom
- The old, new, and unexpected mediums for human stories - Journalism.co.uk podcast
- Making decisions when you're in a cone of uncertainty -- Poynter
- CNN and Washington Post are using voicemail to connect with audiences - Journalism.co.uk
- Leave a message after the tone - Journalism.co.uk podcast
- The magic of ‘experiment-land’ in legacy newsrooms - Poynter
- Futures Lab: Ideas for using Vine and Snapchat - Reynolds Journalism Institute
Select press about GIRLHOOD:
- In ‘Girlhood,’ Teens Across the Globe Write About their Everyday Lives - NPR
- Hopes, dreams, and fears: the world of teenage girls through their diaries - The Guardian
- ’Girlhood’ and 6 other stories about being young and female - CNN
- 30 girls in 27 countries weigh in on Girlhood today - Women’s Media Center
- Masuma Ahuja wants to change the way we tell stories of what it is to be a girl in our world - Splice
- Masuma Ahuja on Growing up, Storytelling, and GIRLHOOD - Blue Willow Bookshop
- We’ll remember how interconnected our world is - NiemanLab
Press about my work:
- How CNN is recreating the #Rio2016 experience on social media - Journalism.co.uk
- How CNN juggles different mobile chat apps to cover the Olympics - DigiDay
- Developed with young readers in mind, CNN’s new Kik bot gives you the basics on big news stories - NiemanLab
- Why CNN, of all places, is asking for love stories - DigiDay
- Messaging apps, voicemail, and other platforms CNN’s Masuma Ahuja is exploring next - Poynter
- With gay marriage sure to spark emotional responses, The Washington Post and New York Times try structuring comments - NiemanLab
- Here’s how to use Snapchat (and how not to use Snapchat) - Poynter
- Tip: Remember this advice for sharing news on Snapchat - Journalist.co.uk
- The Washington Post’s Masuma Ahuja is headed for CNN - Poynter
- How news organizations are trying to get people to talk, and listen, to each other after the election - Poynter
- Digital Publishing In a Snap — Editor & Publisher
- CNN expands New York social team - AdWeek
- How brands can win with Snapchat - Entrepreneur.com
Writing about journalism and my career:
- What to do when your career path is uncharted territory - Poynter
- Slower, quieter, more measured and thoughtful - Prediction for journalism in 2020 for Harvard University’s Nieman Journalism Lab
- Making foreign coverage less foreign - Prediction for journalism in 2019 for Harvard University’s Nieman Journalism Lab
Speaking
- Visiting faculty, ONA-Poynter Digital Women's Leadership Academy, 2016
- Talk on digital storytelling, Hacks/Hackers London, 2019
- Mobile bootcamp: Snapchat, ONA 2014
- Jury, Mic/GEN Editors Lab, 2017
- Trainer/Speaker, Kiplinger Fellowship Program 2015; Kiplinger Digital Media Summit, 2014
- Industry mentor: Hacks / Hackers New York, 2016
- Storycode NYC, a talk on social storytelling, 2016
- Bots and your newsroom: more than a passing fad? ONA NYC, 2017
- Ladies, Wine, Design Colombo: Storytelling in journalism, 2018
- Snapchat, Kik and messaging apps for your newsroom, Barcamp News Innovation Conference, 2015
Leadership and Recognition
- IWMF Grantee: Howard G Buffet Fund for Women Journalists
- Member of inaugural class of ONA-Poynter Digital Women's Leadership Academy, 2015
- Mentor, Report for America
- Mentor, Digital Women Leaders
Awards
- Honoree, Webby Awards, Best Podcast / Digital Audio in 2017 for Voicemails From American Voters
- Share in, part of the winning team, Webby Awards in 2017, for CNN’s social media coverage of election night 2016
- My project, Love Story, won an EPPY award for best social media/crowdsourcing, 2016
- Share in, part of the winning team, Murrow Award for CNN’s social media coverage of the 2016 election
- Share in, part of the winning team, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Washington Post’s coverage of the Edward Snowden and the NSA, 2014