Work Experience

Freelance Journalist

May 2025 - onwards

  • News monitoring & gathering from Bangladesh for global audiences
  • Pitching ideas on special and major events
  • Establishing sources at different ministries, stakeholders, contributors, civil society members, experts
  • Field visit to cover reports from the ground with and without team as required
  • Filming, editing & producing stories for multi-platforms, including TV and Digital

Freelance Bangladesh Producer

August 2024 - Onwards

  • News monitoring & gathering from Bangladesh for global audiences
  • Pitching ideas on special and major events in Bangladesh like the 2024 July uprising, international & regional diplomacies, human rights, economy, international crimes tribunal etc
  • Establishing sources at different ministries, stakeholders, contributors, civil society members, experts
  • Field visit to cover reports from the ground with and without team as required
  • Fixing & conducting interviews, networking with local journalists
  • Filming, editing & producing stories for multi-platforms, including TV and Digital
  • Investigating through undercover reporting & contributing to stories both for Online, TV and audio platforms

Coordinator (Social Media & Video)

March 2023 - December 2024

  • Developed and implemented content strategies and policies tailored for digital and social media platforms
  • Wrote & edited copies for the web and assisted teams on major issues and events
  • Experimented with engaging and impactful multimedia storytelling formats for Story, Reels, Shorts, TikTok
  • Measured KPIs with data and analytics to learn best practices and plan special projects
  • Led external and internal communications with key local and international stakeholders like DW

Senior Journalist (Digital & Social Media)

October 2017 - November 2022

  • Produced & covered high-impact stories from the policy-making level to personal emotional issues
  • Initiated & implemented special projects on a wide range of topics like the Covid pandemic, economy, politics, human rights, geopolitics, regional diplomacy, climate change, health, entrepreneurship & problem-solving issues etc
  • Collaborated internationally in reporting, insights and best practices of storytelling with different language services
  • Rolled-out digital workflows ensuring diversity and inclusion both in the portrayal of stories as well as in the workforce
  • Guided & trained staff in day-to-day decision-making & high-impact digital story production
  • Worked as Digital and Social Media Lead for platforms that brought nearly 3 million audiences every week
  • Monitored trends & analytics to understand what matters to audiences, & documented those through journalism
  • Framed and implemented strategic goals, launched innovations like Messenger BOT to disseminate Covid stories
  • Introduced creative templates for audio-visualizing special audio reports, Shorts & Reels

Online Journalist

March 2014 - October 2017

Newsgathering & Reporting:

  • Wrote and edited breaking, developing or other news reports, features & articles under a strict deadline
  • Key player in critical projects like 'Freedom In the Air', war crimes trials, budget, militancy, elections, geopolitics etc
  • Led and coordinated the team in the absence of shift-in-charge
  • Picked and localized international news reports considering the appetite and values of the audiences

Multimedia Production:

  • Produced multimedia content on sexual violence, health, economy, education, politics, religious harmony, music etc
  • Filmed & edited videos, photos and texts simultaneously

Social Media Operation:

  • Promoted and engaged with readers through effective storytelling techniques
  • Live coverage of major events and incidents
  • Crowd-sourcing and search engine optimization (SEO)
  • Moderated comments to reduce the spread of hatred and violence on social media

Reporter, Dhaka University

July 2011 - March 2014

  • Gathered & wrote stories on programmes, seminars, meetings, rallies, protests and demonstrations, politics and violence in Dhaka University campus & adjacent areas
  • Covered big national and international events like book & literary fairs, new year celebrations, Women's Day, Workers' Day, International Mother Language Day, Indigenous Day and so on
  • Covered & closely observed the major protests regarding the war crimes trial in 2013
  • Carried out investigations on administrative and academic anomalies and human rights issues for special reports

Other Engagements

Consultant (Script & Content Writer)

June 2023 - Onwards

Projects through RUDO
  • UNDP's Project for the Improvement of Infectious Waste Management in Southwest Asia
  • UNICEF's Alternative Learning Pathway (ALP) & NCTB reform programs funded by Clé de Peau Beauté (CPB)
  • UNICEF's School-based Adolescent Nutrition Program in Bangladesh
  • UNICEF's Two Years of Pre-Primary Education in Bangladesh
  • UNICEF's Weekly Iron-Folic Acid in School-based Adolescent Nutrition Program
  • UNICEF's Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) interventions for 0-3 years children following nurturing care integrated and strengthened at RMG workplaces and community-based child day care centres
The Report.live

Digital Consultant & Trainer

November 2022 - Onwards

  • Facilitating training courses on multimedia & digital journalism
  • Bringing innovations in digital storytelling
  • Working for the capacity-building of the staff
  • Launching different series of content targeting different social media platforms
  • Planning & monitoring content
Banglanews24

Additional News Editor

May, 2025

  • Planned stories,& mentored young journalists
  • Edited copies for breaking, features & human interest stories
  • Introduced storytelling formats for maximum impact & engagement

Youth Content Writer

May 2023 - January 2025

  • Pitched ideas on content on reproductive health and engagement of youth and women
  • Conducted research & produced content on topics related to youths and women for diverse global audiences
CCTV

Breaking News Reporter (Freelance)

May 2023 - January 2024

  • Monitored and pitched major breaking reports from Bangladesh
  • Covered breaking reports as assigned
  • Live coverage for TV, web and apps
  • Prepared the budget for news coverage and other expenses
Bangladesh Thalassemia Foundation

Short Story Writer

March - April 2023

  • Interviewed Thalassemia patients from different age and income groups
  • Wrote case/short stories and PR articles on the patients' lives and struggles for fund-raising purposes
Colors Magazine

Editorial Assistant

January - June 2017

  • Content development and management
  • Conducting interviews and writing articles
  • Social media manager and monitoring website