Mukhtar Ibrahim

Saint Paul

Editor and Executive Director at Sahan Journal

Principal at @SayidGroup, a consulting firm that helps leaders gain strategic clarity, navigate complexity, activate change, & build high-impact organizations.

Articles

Thank you for the last five years

Sep 3, 2024 | sahanjournal.com | Mukhtar Ibrahim |Alberto Gomez

Last week, I attended a journalism conference in Chicago for newsroom leaders wrestling with the potential of artificial intelligence. This Joyce Foundation gathering was my last conference representing Sahan Journal as its CEO and publisher. Not to bury the lede, but today, September 3, I’ll be stepping aside and welcoming a new executive director for our amazing nonprofit news organization.
Feeding Our Future Archives

Jun 27, 2024 | sahanjournal.com | Hibah Ansari |Alfonzo Galvan |Mukhtar Ibrahim |Katrina Pross

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Mukhtar Ibrahim Reflects on Sahan Journal and MBA

Apr 5, 2024 | carlsonschool.umn.edu | Katie Dohman |Mukhtar Ibrahim

By Katie DohmanThe Victory Ramp in downtown St. Paul is a gritty concrete spiral, bookended with tollbooths to monitor comings and goings. In the early 2000s, Mukhtar Ibrahim was often the gatekeeper. Located behind the St. Paul Pioneer Press’ former headquarters on Cedar St., he saw staffers buzzing in and out every day. It meant a newspaper was always available, and he read to pass the time. “The paper was so thick then,” Ibrahim says, his voice tinged with nostalgia.
Mukhtar M. Ibrahim, Author at Sahan Journal

Oct 30, 2023 | sahanjournal.com | Mukhtar Ibrahim |Jaida Grey Eagle |Abdirahman Mohamed |Jared Goyette

Mukhtar Ibrahim is the founding publisher and CEO of Sahan Journal. He previously worked as a staff writer for the Star Tribune and Minnesota Public Radio News. He has also written for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Al Jazeera English, BuzzFeed News and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Mukhtar is among the first of his generation's professional, accomplished journalists of Somali background in Minnesota and in the country.
GHR Foundation awards Sahan Journal $1.5 million for local news

Jun 6, 2023 | sahanjournal.com | Mukhtar Ibrahim |Michael Tortorello