Habiba Nosheen حبیبہ نوشین | |
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| Born | Habiba Nosheen Lahore, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Dual national (American & Canadian) |
| Occupation | Investigative Journalist |
Habiba Nosheen (Urdu: حبیبہ نوشین) is an Investigative journalist.[1] Her film Outlawed in Pakistan premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2013 and was called "among the standouts" of Sundance by the Los Angeles Times. A longer version of the film aired on PBS Frontline. Nosheen's 2012 radio documentary, "What Happened at Dos Erres?" aired on This American Life and was called "a masterpiece of storytelling" by The New Yorker.
Nosheen has received numerous awards for her reporting including the Peabody, three Emmy awards.
In 2017-2019, Nosheen was the co-host of CBC Television's newsmagazine series The Fifth Estate.[2] She was the first person of colour to be named the co-host of The Fifth Estate in three decades.
In 2022, Nosheen released an 8 part investigative podcast series with Spotify and Gimlet Media called Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan.[3] The podcast is a three year long investigation into the disappearance of a Canadian woman who vanished in 2006 without a trace.[4]
Nosheen was born in Lahore, Pakistan. Her family moved to Toronto, Canada when she was nine. She received her master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a master's degree from York University, Toronto in Women's Studies. She obtained a bachelor's degree from University of Toronto. She is fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi.[1]
Nosheen's reporting has appeared in various news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Glamour, BBC, CBC, PBS, NPR and This American Life. .[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Nosheen's documentaries have been supported by The Fund for Investigative Journalism, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund and ITVS.[1] She has taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
In March 2022, Nosheen released a three year long investigation into the disappearance of a Hamilton woman in a 8 part Gimlet Media podcast called Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan.[3]
