Waliya Lari

Background

About Waliya Lari

Five-time Emmy award winning news producer and news manager who is now focused on improving news coverage and newsrooms through work in the non-profit sector. Waliya is a champion for amplifying diverse perspectives by building bridges with communities, uplifting marginalized viewpoints, and challenging questionable norms. She is using her expertise in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging to help news organizations address blindspots in both their news coverage and their newsroom cultures. Waliya is uniquely skilled in cross-functional collaboration, competitive strategy, and innovative project management. She leads organizations in their relentless pursuit of excellence by creating new programming that is forward thinking, effective and rooted in deep value systems – all in inventive ways that stay ahead of trends. Additionally, Waliya is a highly sought after expert on building bridges between US media and Muslim-American communities. Small community groups and national organizations alike ask her to speak at their conferences and events.