Shamim Chowdhury: Difference between revisions

| birth_place = [[London]], [[England]]

==Early life==

Chowdhury’s parents were born in [[Bangladesh]] and emigrated to the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="huffingtonpost2">{{cite news |last=Chowdhury|first=Shamim|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/shamim-chowdhury/reconnecting-with-the-pas_b_3706682.html|title=Reconnecting With the Past - A British-Bangladeshi Returns to the Land of Her Ancestors Shamim Chowdhury|location= |work= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date=5 August 2013|accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>

Chowdhury has a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] from [[Queen Mary, University of London|Queen Mary University]], a [[Master of Science|MSc]] from [[Birkbeck, University of London|Birkbeck College]], and a [[Postgraduate diploma|post-graduate diploma]] in [[Newspaper_journalism#Journalism|Newspaper Journalism]] from [[City University London]].<ref name="bbwhoswho09">{{cite web |url= http://www.bbwhoswho.co.uk/whoswho_09.pdf|title=Shamim Chowdhury|work=British Bangladeshi Who's Who 2009|location= |publisher=British Bangla Media Group|date=October 2009|page=55|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="bbwhoswho10">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbwhoswho.co.uk/images/who%27%20who%20website%202010.pdf|title=Shamim Chowdhury|work=British Bangladeshi Who's Who 2010|location= |publisher=British Bangla Media Group|date=October 2010|page=49|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref>

Chowdhury started out in print journalism<ref name="asianmediaawards"/> 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]]''.<ref name="bbwhoswho09"/><ref name="bbwhoswho10"/>

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]].<ref name="asianmediaawards">{{cite web |url=http://www.asianmediaawards.com/judges3.html|title=Judges - Asian Media Awards|publisher=asianmediaawards|date=30 September 2013|accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>

She currently blogs for the ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' on a range of socio-political issues.<ref name="asianmediaawards"/> Her previous television experience includes work at the [[BBC]], [[ITN]], and [[Sky News]].<ref name="bbwhoswho09"/><ref name="bbwhoswho10"/>

In October 2013, Chowdhury was a judging panel member at the Asian Media Awards.<ref name="prolificnorth">{{cite news |last=Hartley|first=Sarah|url=http://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2013/10/asian-media-awards-shortlist-unveiled-ahead-of-manchester-ceremony/|title=Asian Media Awards shortlist unveiled ahead of Manchester ceremony|location= |work= |publisher=''Prolific North''|date=2 October 2013|accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Chowdhury is a [[Muslim]].<ref name="huffingtonpost1">{{cite news |last=Chowdhury|first=Shamim|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/shamim-chowdhury/why-as-a-muslim-i-celebrate-christmas_b_2344084.html|title=Why as a Muslim I Celebrate Christmas|location= |work= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date=24 December 2012|accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref> She resides in [[West (London sub region)|West London]].<ref name="huffingtonpost2"/>

*{{Twitter|shamiminlondon|Shamim Chowdhury}}

*[http://english.aljazeera.net/category/person/shamim-chowdhury Shamim Chowdhury] on ''[[Al Jazeera English]]''

*[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/shamim-chowdhury/ Shamim Chowdhury] on ''[[The Huffington Post]]''

*[http://www.myactionaid.org.uk/schowdhury Shamim Chowdhury] on ''My Action Aid''

| DATE OF BIRTH = 7 August