Rakib Ahmed

Rakib Ahmed completed his four-year honours and one-year master’s degrees in Mass Communication and Journalism from the University of Dhaka. Later, he did an MA in Development Studies [major in human rights, gender and conflict studies] from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Before joining the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the Jahangirnagar University as a full-time faculty in 2011, Mr. Ahmed served Bangladesh’s leading English language newspaper The Daily Star as a full-time journalist.

Mr. Ahmed’s research interest includes media, journalism, human rights, and development.