Do Your Own Thing: Starting Your Own News Site

Ambreen Ali, founder, Central Desi

Courtesy of Ambreen Ali

While freelancing, Ambreen Ali found that New Jersey news sites were missing the big picture of the South Asian community.

So she started her own site.

Ali, who has written for the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Fortune, Bloomberg and The Wire China, launched Central Desi on a shoestring budget, using word-of-mouth among t…