User:TEHZEEBAYAT
SAM Jahan | |
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Born | 1989 or 1990 (age 34) |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Education | Journalism |
Alma mater | University of Bedfordshire |
Occupation | Journalist |
Employer | Reuters TV |
Known for | Founder of Bangladeshi Journalists in International Media |
Awards | Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards Covering Climate Now |
Website | www |
Shikder Abir Mahmud Jahan, widely known by his news byline SAM Jahan is an award-winning Bangladeshi journalist, press trainer and press rights activist.[1]
Biography
[edit]Jahan was born in Gopalganj and studied journalism at University of Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom. After completion of his study, Jahan returned home to Bangladesh.
Career
[edit]Jahan joined The Daily Star newspaper after returning home as a Multimedia Journalist. Then he joined Agence France-Presse as a correspondent in 2015.
He also freelanced for CNN[2], TRT World[3], Voice of America[4] , South China Morning Post[5] at different period before joining Reuters TV in 2023.
Jahan covered the ousting of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina by protesting students from the frontline.[6] He also covered the recent Sri Lankan presidential election.[7]
He is a Fellow of highly prestigious Chevening programme run by the UK's foreign office at University of Westminster.[8] Jahan is also an Alumni of the Embassy of the United States, Dhaka.[9]
Awards
[edit]Jahan was awarded the Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards three times. The first time he co-received the honorable mention award with Dhaka Agence France-Presse bureau chief Shafiqul Alam in 2017 for their story on Rohingya refugees' woes.[10]
He won the second one in 2018 while covering the Rohingya refugee crisis at Bangladesh-Myanmar border.[11] The third one was awarded in 2021 after he co-wrote a long piece on Rohingya refugees' risky journey to Malaysia by rickety boats.[12]
In 2022, Jahan was co-awarded the Covering Climate Now award with an AFP visual journalists team for a climate change story on how Dhaka is being on the verge of becoming Atlantis.[13]
Miscellaneous activities
[edit]Jahan is the founding convener of Bangladeshi Journalists in International Media (BJIM), a platform that has been actively vocal against all unjust activities against press freedom.[14]
Jahan is a press trainer. He worked for the Deutsche Welle Akademie as a mentor. He ran his own Fellowship programme funded by the American Center in Dhaka.[15] Jahan travelled to the UK and lectured at three different universities on journalism including his alma mater.[16] He was a resourceperson of North South University's SIPG department.[17] He also judged a photo competition in the university campus.[18]
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- ^ "Brief profile of BJIM Member". BJIM. 23 July 2023.
- ^ "A hospital owner in Bangladesh allegedly scammed patients out of $350,000 using fake Covid-19 tests. Then he tried to flee the country". CNN. 16 July 2020.
- ^ "A hospital owner in Bangladesh allegedly scammed patients out of $350,000 using fake Covid-19 tests. Then he tried to flee the country". TRT World. 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Opposition Supporters in Bangladesh Resort to Ridesharing to Survive". Voice of America. 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Reporter Bio". South China Morning Post. 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Bangladesh garment factories reopen after Sheikh Hasina's flight". Reuters. 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka votes for new president with economic future at stake". Reuters. 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Meet our Chevening SAJP Fellows 2023-24". Chevening.
- ^ "BJS 'Necessary workshops for a Better Press' fellowship comes to an end". The Business Standard. 23 August 2023.
- ^ "BJS 'Necessary workshops for a Better Press' fellowship comes to an end". AFP. 23 May 2017.
- ^ "WINNERS OF 2018 HUMAN RIGHTS PRESS AWARDS ANNOUNCED". Hong Kong Journalists Association. 12 May 2018.
- ^ "WINNERS OF 2021 HUMAN RIGHTS PRESS AWARDS ANNOUNCED" (PDF). HKFCC. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "AFP wins a Covering Climate Now Award". AFP. 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Let the pen must not be stopped: BJIM commences with powerful mantra". Prothom Alo English. 23 July 2023.
- ^ "বিজেএস-ইএমকের ফেলোশিপ প্রোগ্রাম সম্পন্ন". Prothom Alo. 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Back to my alma mater". Facebook. 21 March 2023.
- ^ "Course Outline" (PDF). NSU. 4 September 2021.
- ^ "NSU Center for Peace Studies celebrates second anniversary". Dhaka Tribune. 1 March 2022.