Rajaa Elidrissi is a Moroccan-American communications professional and former journalist from Queens, New York. She currently serves as the Editorial and Media Director at Georgetown University in Qatar, where she draws on her background in journalism to shape storytelling and communications in higher education.

Before transitioning into communications, Elidrissi was a producer at MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) on The Weekend: Primetime and AYMAN. She also frequently contributed to All In with Chris Hayes. Her work focused on the impacts of U.S. foreign policy, domestic politics, and immigration. During this time, she produced Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first network interview as a candidate, as well as exclusive interviews with Mahmoud Khalil and Dr. Noor Abdalla. Earlier in her career, she spent six years at Vox as a reporter, researcher, and producer specializing in global issues.

Elidrissi holds an M.S. from Columbia Journalism School’s investigative program and a B.A. from Wesleyan University in anthropology and Middle Eastern studies. Her work has been nominated for Writers Guild and Emmy Awards, and she received a Knight Award for Public Service for collaborative reporting on COVID-19 death accountability.