https://www.mustafazmirza.com/about daily 1.0 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/cfae0182-9ac3-4e8e-af47-4355bded1527/DSCF6837.JPG About - I’m Mustafa — an Emmy-nominated NYC based Video Journalist, Producer and Shooter. I specialize in video journalism and documentary filmmaking, bringing premium cinema quality to niche stories using small crews and an authentic, observational approach. Reach out let’s chat! https://www.mustafazmirza.com/work daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1559759658034-QY1ZXDY9HE26FNOZ7KIE/Screen+Shot+2019-06-05+at+2.29.39+PM.png Films - New York on ICE New York Magazine & The Marshall Project I Reporter READ HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1560118319123-RGGKIQR36DUSYA3GU96Z/Screen+Shot+2019-06-09+at+6.11.27+PM.png Films - Sleepwalkers HowStuffWorks & iHeart Media I Researcher Sleepwalkers is a podcast about the thrill of the AI revolution and to see how we can stay in control of our future. I conducted research, produced briefs and presented reporting on series guests to host and producer. LISTEN HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1559767697230-XI6SA5IO0T0CQOW93SN7/mentalhealth.png Films - Are Psychiatric Hospitals in Egypt Hurting Mental Health Care? Egyptian Streets I Reporter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1559762134986-NZQNYPWBPKNR0WBEQCU3/Screen+Shot+2019-06-01+at+1.12.29+PM.png Films - Dallas County’s Secret Bail Machine The Marshall Project I Reporter READ HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1559407550776-3BO6238N43CI8Q99UZZA/download.png Films - Less Than Zero Tolerance Mustafa Z. Mirza is a New York based investigative reporter and multi-media journalist. He received his Master's in Journalism from Columbia University and is currently working as an investigative reporter on the CNN docu-series 'Death Row Stories'. His work has been published in The Marshall Project, Vice, New York Magazine, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and many others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1559768044729-WB8BQPW880PDN055PRWB/Screen+Shot+2019-06-05+at+4.53.46+PM.png Films - Egypt looks to the private sector to manage the past Business Monthly I Reporter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1560019861775-RW3HGR8J5QYDQXY64XAW/1.jpg Films https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1560019861225-XA88PDFK06CENAZEC5YW/3.jpg Films https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1560019861292-25CAYHOZMUCY0FNEOY1C/2.jpg Films https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1560019860625-L0G1RZYN4QXG1DK59WL2/4.jpg Films https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1560020256465-W06JN1J9GS5K5GXFHH7L/1.0+Halle+Morse+Cover+Photo+1920x1080.jpg Films - Season 3: Columbia Bizcast Podcast I Producer Columbia Biz Cast is a podcast series that tells the stories of individuals that at one point in their lives find themselves at Columbia Business School. From presidential speech writers to marketing executives and professional sportsmen to acclaimed professors, guests featured on the podcast come from all walks of life. I produced four episodes for the last season featuring Halle Morse ’20 in“The Business of Broadway”, Ryan Jacobs ’19 in “The Art of Speechwriting”, Anna Rawson’ 15 in“Beating Your Last Best Score” and Manuel Weichers ‘17 in “Iluméxico Fights Energy Poverty”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1559761544746-DBLXFLQINPQ5WEEZP51H/Screen+Shot+2019-06-05+at+3.04.35+PM.png Films - Police Mental Crisis Training Misses Mark - Few Changes after 1.2 Million investment Milwaukee Journal Sentinel I Reporter READ HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1559767137295-PNVK6T2Z8LWDRV1LHU5E/1_vOSZE_TZHQSISVvx9LH6wQ.jpeg Films - Friction Among the Faithful Brooklyn Ink I Reporter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1560019371011-XNV5DKHE3GWRHNBOAZN9/DRS+final.jpg Films - Death Row Stories CNN & Jigsaw Productions I Episode Researcher The eight-episode series explores the fallibility of the ultimate criminal penalty, capital punishment. Told by current and former death row inmates, each episode of Death Row Stories seeks to unravel the truth behind a different capital murder case and poses questions about the U.S. capital punishment system. I worked as the lead researcher for three episodes, including the season opener, “The Boy’s Story”. WATCH HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/e937f67e-34ea-43fe-98e5-898788d1b4c2/81x24edTlyS._RI_.jpg Films - Mysteries of Mental Illness PBS Associate Producer For two years I reported and produced a high-profile, four-hour documentary for PBS about the history of mental health care and psychiatry. I researched, pitched, and produced stories, gathered archive, and took deep dives into investigative and academic research along with fact-checking our script. The series aims to answer the fundamental questions of both how we as a society have come to our collective understanding of mental health and where we are headed in the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1559764666026-WUI5Z6ZW8FV3AAYVJNM6/31-andrew-goldstein-lede.w1100.h733.2x.jpg Films - A Turbulent Mind New York Magazine I Contributing Reporter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1559760444026-CHSQPF2DF7ZNYX0BH3H1/Screen+Shot+2019-06-05+at+2.13.56+PM.png Films - The Inmate I Took Under My Wing Didn't Survive Prison VICE & The Marshall Project I Reporter READ HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf145f108630700019f407f/1560019437468-JSR9HCVOB9PO5QFY5AGH/Screen+Shot+2019-06-05+at+5.04.13+PM.png Films - Episode 3: The Graying Homeless in the U.S. CGTN Web Series I Co-Directed, Produced, Shot & Edited. For the third-episode of CGTN’s series on Aging, Reporter Lorena Rios and I, featured a day in the life of Wendell Payne, a 72-year-old man who has been homeless in New York for the last six years. Across a period of two months, we captured the rhythm of his life; from his nights on the A train and breakfast at the senior center, to his afternoons at the park. 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