Where does Nabiha Syed work?

Nabiha Syed is Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation at Ex/Ante.

Where did Nabiha Syed go to school?

Nabiha Syed studied at Yale Law School (Doctor of Law (J.D.)); University of Oxford (M.St., Law); The Johns Hopkins University.

Nabiha Syed

Investor

Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation at Ex/Ante

New York, New York, United States

About

Nabiha Syed is the Executive Director of Mozilla Foundation, where she works on community-led technology futures. Previously, she served as CEO of The Markup, a journalism nonprofit whose investigative work was cited by Congress 21 times, prompted dozens of class action lawsuits, and won national journalism awards. Before founding The Markup in 2020, Syed spent a decade as a media lawyer specializing in technology, free speech, and access to information, and holds degrees from Yale Law School, Johns Hopkins University, and Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar.

Experience

MozillaExecutive Directorcurrent2024 — presentBrooklyn, New York, United States
The MarkupPresidentcurrent2019 — presentGreater New York City Area
The MarkupChief Executive Officer2022 — 2024
Yale Law SchoolResearch Fellowcurrent2007 — present
Stanford UniversityNonresident Fellow, Center for Internet and Society2015 — 2024
BuzzFeedVice President and Associate General Counsel2015 — 2019New York, New York
Levine Sullivan Koch & SchulzAssociate2012 — 2015
The New York TimesFirst Amendment Fellow2011 — 2012
The World BankConsultant2008
Grameen FoundationResearch Associate at Grameen Bank2005 — 2006Dhaka, Bangladesh

Skills & more

Public Speaking10Policy Analysis18Public Policy19Foreign Policy8Social Media10Political Science5Qualitative Research4Legal Research16Newspapers5International Development8Blogging10Storytelling7

+11 more

LitigationJournalismEditorialResearchInternational RelationsNews WritingLegal WritingPoliticsEditingNonprofitsCourts

Languages Urdu, Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Nabiha Syed?: Nabiha Syed is the Executive Director of Mozilla Foundation, where she works on community-led technology futures. Previously, she served as CEO of The Markup, a journalism nonprofit whose investigative work was cited by Congress 21 times, prompted dozens of class action lawsuits, and won national journalism awards. Before founding The Markup in 2020, Syed spent a decade as a media lawyer specializing in technology, free speech, and access to information, and holds degrees from Yale Law School, Johns Hopkins University, and Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar.
Where does Nabiha Syed work?: Nabiha Syed is Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation at Ex/Ante.
Where did Nabiha Syed go to school?: Nabiha Syed studied at Yale Law School (Doctor of Law (J.D.)); University of Oxford (M.St., Law); The Johns Hopkins University.