TANVIR CHOWDHURY

Tanvir Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi-origin American journalist currently working for Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera. He studied journalism at Wichita State University in Kansas and completed his Masters in Business Administration from Australia.

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He has lived in the US for over 20 years before he moved to Bangladesh. He earned a diploma in TV production from New York's Center for Media Arts.

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Tanvir edited an online news portal newsfrombangladesh.net in 1997 with colleagues.

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He joined the Al Jazeera as a correspondent in November 2007. His excellent reportage in Bangladesh covered the great exodus of the Rohingya refugees, climate change and politics.

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As part of an AJ team, he won the Webby People's Voice Award for his Rohingya plight coverage.

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Tanvir is a BJIM co-founder.