EDUCATION
Master of Science in Journalism [May 2015 ]
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Reported on topics like education reform, race, class and economic change. Wrote stories on topics like how charter school investors are pushing the education reform, how identity conflicts among Central Asian- Jewish immigrants lead to domestic violence, and why there is an organ- donor
shortage among Asian immigrants.
Bachelor of Arts (cum laude hons.) [May 2013]
Asian University for Women, Bangladesh
Wrote a thesis on sectarian violence between Muslims and Buddhists in Bangladesh
Intern at NPR Visuals [Jan 2016 till present]
Reporter at the leading national English daily in Bangladesh
The Daily Star [May 2013 till present]
- Wrote over a hundred stories in the crime beat where I was a front and second page regular, and my stories were published above the fold several times
- Responsible for investigating homicides, rapes and human rights violations every day
- Specialized in investigating riots, gang violence
- Two stories elicited High Court mandated probes into juvenile justice and one story was read out in the national parliament
Research Assistant, Asian Studies Department [January – May 2013]
Asian University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Co-authored a paper titled Proliferation of Twitter for Political
Microblogging in a Developing Country.
- Used data-mining and graphing tools to explore how Twitter shaped the largest civic movement in Bangladesh following the Arab Spring.
Interned at The World Bank office in Dhaka, Bangladesh [2011]
- Created publications for intra-office use
Interned at Oasis Cure, Cure Intl a multinational non-profit [2010]
- Researched on maternal health and underage marriage in Bangladesh
Freelancing contributor, interviewer, reporter, sub-editor and feature writer
with lifestyle, music and business magazines in Bangladesh [2007 - 2011]
SKILLS
Data Analysis skills: is skilled in using Microsoft Excel and Sql to analyze databases and find stories from numbers
Programming languages: HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript
Skilled in electronic investigative research using a variety of database tools and basic html
Languages: English, Bengali (native), Hindi (conversational)