Shamim Chowdhury | |
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শামীম চৌধুরী | |
Born | |
Nationality | British |
Education | Newspaper Journalism |
Alma mater | Queen Mary University Birkbeck College City University London |
Occupation | Journalist |
Shamim Chowdhury (Bengali: শামীম চৌধুরী) is an English television and print journalist.
Chowdhury's parents were born in Bangladesh and emigrated to the United Kingdom.[1] She is of Sylheti heritage.[2]
Chowdhury has a BSc from Queen Mary University, a MSc from Birkbeck College, and a post-graduate diploma in Newspaper Journalism from City University London.[3][4]
Chowdhury started out in print journalism[5] and has written for British national newspapers, including The Daily Express, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, and The Independent. She has also had her own newspaper column for Bangla Mirror.[3][4]
Since 2007, Chowdhury has worked for Al Jazeera English as a deputy news editor, news editor, reporter and producer. She is based in the European news centre in London, but has also worked in the main news centre in Doha, Qatar.[5] She has reported on a wide range of issues for the channel from the UK and Bangladesh, and is considered by the channel to be its Bangladesh expert.[2]
She currently writes blogs for The Huffington Post on a range of socio-political issues.[5] Her previous television experience includes work at the BBC, ITN, and Sky News.[3][4]
Chowdhury has taken part in current affairs and politics debates at The House of Lords and on live television discussion programmes and has also been on the judging panel of media awards ceremonies.[2]
In October 2013, Chowdhury was a judging panel member at the Asian Media Awards.[6]
Chowdhury is a Muslim[7] and lives in West London.[1] She has visited almost 50 countries including parts of the Middle East, Africa and Asia. One one occasion she worked with a leading charity to help build a community centre in a remote part of Cambodia.[2]