Nazmul Ahasan
Nazmul Ahasan, MJOUR’23, is a reporter with Bloomberg News. He earlier worked for the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley. His reportage and commentaries appeared in major publications such as The Washington Post, The Economist, The Telegraph, The SF Chronicle, and Haaretz. He graduated from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 2023.
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, Master of Journalism, ‘23
AWARDS & HONORS
Subir Chowdhury Fellowship on Quality of Life in Bangladesh
Berkeley Journalism Fellowship
South Asian Journalists Association Scholarship, 2022
PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORK
The Washington Post, Aug. 15, 2022 — Election deniers march toward power in key 2024 battlegrounds, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/15/election-deniers-march-toward-power-key-2024-battlegrounds/
The San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 24, 2022 — Internet entrepreneurs far from the U.S. are inflaming political division on Facebook to sell T-shirts and coffee mugs, https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Facebook-GearLaunch-17024417.php
Devex, Aug. 25, 2022 — 5 years on, Rohingyas in Bangladesh face hostility and dwindling aid, https://www.devex.com/news/5-years-on-rohingyas-in-bangladesh-face-hostility-and-dwindling-aid-103860
Foreign Policy, Jan. 4, 2022 — Dhaka’s denial of extrajudicial killings is imperiling its relations with Washington and exposing the country’s corrupt police and undemocratic institutions.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/04/bangladesh-police-brutality-crossfires-gunfights-killings-rab-corruption/The Washington Post, Jun. 22, 2022 — Bowser seeks to follow Marion Barry, but some Black voters are skeptical, https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/22/bowser-white-black-divide-dc/
The Economist, Jun. 6, 2020 — Covid-19 infections are rising fast in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/06/06/covid-19-infections-are-rising-fast-in-bangladesh-india-and-pakistan
The Telegraph, Jun. 11, 2020 — Coronavirus Exposes the Deep Divide in Bangladeshi Society, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/coronavirus-exposes-deep-divide-bangladeshi-society/
Haaretz, May. 14, 2020 — Not Recognizing Israel Is a Moral Choice, Above All, https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-for-bangladesh-not-recognizing-israel-is-a-moral-choice-above-all-1.8845264
Columbia Journalism Review, Sep. 20, 2021 — Infection and Repression, https://www.cjr.org/widescreen/journalism-and-covid-map-me.php/
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
South Asian Journalists Association, Member
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Member
Asian American Journalists Association, Member
REPORTING INTERESTS
Breaking News, Data Journalism, Investigative Journalism, OSINT