Every journalist has to be an activist
<p>What role do you have in your community? Sajad Rasool has spent his career passionately amplifying the grievances of marginalised communities whose voices are often overlooked by mainstream media. He talks to us about his projects, his outlook and the power of telling stories to resolve the issues at stake.</p> <p><em>“I do believe in objectivity, but most of the time we deal with subjects. So everything is subjective. Everything becomes subjective and our prejudices and biases are always there. I would definitely consider myself to be a journalist as well as an activist. I think every journalist has to be an activist. Because in most of the cases when we tell human stories, we got to take positions, we got to take sides. I mean, taking the side of the people is what I do as a journalist. I take the position and I align myself with the people and their voices.”</em></p>
Authors: Mariam Aboughazi
Contributors: Sajad Rasool
Musician: Wael Eskandar, Kai Engel
Editors: Laura Ranca, Lieke Ploeger, Wael Eskandar, Marek Tuszynski, Christy Lange
Part of: Exposing the Invisible