CNN Profiles - Saeed Ahmed - Senior Editor, Trends, CNN Digital

Saeed Ahmed
Senior Editor, Trends, CNN Digital
Stories that sing, infographics that awe, and content that's smartly packaged; socially shared and spark conversations.
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Bangladeshi rescuers retrieve garment worker Reshma from the rubble of a collapsed building in Savar on May 10, 2013, seventeen days after the eight-storey building collapsed. The death toll from last month's collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose past 1,000 as piles of bodies were found in the ruins of a stairwell where victims had sought shelter.

The seamstress in the rubble

Saeed Ahmed and Leone Lakhani, CNN

The concept of purgatory isn't familiar to most Bangladeshis. But the way Reshma describes her 17 harrowing days, buried underground under 700 tons of concrete and steel, it's an apt one.

Dr. Richard Redett, a pediatric plastic surgeon, examines the boy at the hospital in Baltimore.

From horror to hope: The boy who could not be broken

Saeed Ahmed, Lisa Cohen and Sara Sidner, CNN

This is the story of a boy who was brutally attacked. And of strangers, half a world away, who set out to show him that good exists in equal measure as evil.

Ebola hysteria: An epic, epidemic overreaction

Saeed Ahmed and Dorrine Mendoza, CNN

While the threat of Ebola is very real in Africa, the paranoia it's generated in the United States is unreal.

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 30: The Statue of Liberty, one of New York's premiere tourist attractions, is viewed from the Staten Island Ferry on September 30, 2013 in New York City. If Congress fails to pass a budget, the U.S. government would be forced to shut down at midnight on Monday. One of the results of a goverment shutdown would be the closing of all national parks including the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

10 ways a government shutdown will affect your daily life

David Simpson and Saeed Ahmed, CNN

What will the government shutdown mean for you? Will your daily life be affected? (The answer's yes, so keep reading.)

The Kansas City Royals celebrate their 9 to 8 win over the Oakland Athletics in the 12th inning of their American League Wild Card game at Kauffman Stadium on September 30, 2014 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

Kansas City Royals make playoffs in epic, Wild Card win

Saeed Ahmed, CNN

We throw around the word "epic" so casually that we have to dig deep into our thesaurus to accurately convey what happened at Missouri's Kauffman Stadium.

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Inside a Bangladesh garment factory that plays by the rules

Saeed Ahmed and Leone Lakhani, CNN

The rat-a-tat of a hundred green sewing machines. The hypnotic hum of spools spinning brightly colored threads. The hiss of a thousand clothing irons.

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Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau: A ruthless leader with a twisted ideology
Saeed Ahmed, CNN
He is the face of terror. A ruthless leader with a twisted ideology. And the sadistic architect of a campaign of mayhem and misery.
20 questions: What is Russia's interest in Ukraine?
Nelson Mandela: 10 surprising facts you probably didn't know
Q&A: What's behind the protests in Thailand?

SPORTS

10 best social media moments of Super Bowl XLVIII
Dorrine Mendoza and Saeed Ahmed, CNN
The Super Bowl stopped being about just the game a long time ago. It's about the ads, the halftime show, the social media reaction. Here are our 10 favorite moments.
US vs. Germany: 'This game will be massive'
US vs. Belgium World Cup preview: No room for error
15 most memorable moments of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi

FEATURES

There's a reason turkey (the bird) and Turkey (the country) share a name
Saeed Ahmed, CNN
When the guests around your Thanksgiving table are busy stuffing their bellies today, here's one way to break the lull in conversation: dazzle them with some tasty turkey trivia.
JK Rowling says Hermione should have married Harry Potter, not Ron
That 'worst twerk fail EVER' video? Fake!
What to do when stuck in a snowbound car - and when moving again

About

The trends and franchises team is a new addition to CNN Digital, one that I conceived into being and now lead.
- We're a crack team of highly driven storytellers with one goal: Stories that sing, infographics that awe, and content that's smartly packaged; socially shared and spark conversations.
- We don't do trending stories. We make stories trend
- We don't do pyramid style. We do eye-popping visuals
- We don't do status quo. We dream up inspired initiatives
Off work, I enjoy running, cooking, making music, playing in a band, drawing cartoons and taking photos. Follow me on Twitter at @saeed_ahmed and @writer_dad, or like me on Facebook at SaeedCNN.