Bangladeshi investigative journalist Mosabber Hossain has secured two prestigious U.S. fellowships, strengthening his global climate reporting through Inside Climate News and NYU Stern while highlighting Global South perspectives.
Bangladeshi investigative journalist Mosabber Hossain has been selected for two prestigious United States-based journalism fellowships, securing places in the Inside Climate News Summer Fellowship and the 2026 NYU Stern School of Business Climate Economics Journalism Fellowship.
Hossain is currently serving as a 10-week Summer Fellow at Inside Climate News, the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit newsroom known for its investigative reporting on climate, energy and environmental issues. During the fellowship, he is reporting on climate change, environmental issues and public interest stories across the United States.
Three of his stories have already been published by Inside Climate News. His latest investigation, titled “New Gold Exploration Revives Old Fears for Montana’s Blackfoot River,” examines renewed concerns over exploratory gold drilling near the headwaters of Montana’s iconic Blackfoot River. The report explores the tensions between mineral development, environmental protection and communities still recovering from decades of mining pollution.
Hossain has also been selected for the 2026 NYU Stern School of Business Climate Economics Journalism Fellowship, joining a cohort of 36 journalists chosen from more than 1,000 applicants worldwide. The fellowship brings journalists to New York City for an intensive programme on climate economics featuring leading economists, researchers, policymakers and experienced climate reporters.
For Hossain, the fellowships provide an opportunity to broaden the global perspective of his journalism while building on years of reporting experience in Bangladesh.
Over nearly a decade in journalism, Hossain has established himself through investigative reporting and in-depth coverage of climate change, environmental degradation, corruption, governance, business, telecommunications and social issues.
He spent several years as a senior investigative reporter at Bangladesh’s leading national daily Prothom Alo, where he covered a wide range of public interest issues and produced stories that contributed to national discussions on accountability and environmental protection.
He currently also works as a freelance journalist for Reuters News Service. Fifteen of his special climate and environmental reports have been published by Reuters and republished worldwide. His reporting focuses on climate change, biodiversity, environmental justice, adaptation and corruption. His work for Reuters and other international media outlets has reached audiences around the world, while some of his reporting contributed to discussions featured on the agenda of the World Economic Forum.
Throughout his career, Hossain has received numerous national and international honours. He won the South Asian Inquirer Award from the Thomson Foundation in the United Kingdom for investigative journalism and was later recognised among the foundation’s eight most influential journalists during its 60th anniversary celebrations.
His other recognitions include the National Tobacco Control Award 2025, the Bangladesh Housing and Building Research Institute Climate Journalism Award, fellowships from the Thomson Reuters Foundation and Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), along with participation in the Oxford Climate Journalism Network and the IJNR Community Reporting Fellowship 2026.
Beyond his reporting, Hossain has contributed to the international journalism community as a speaker at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Norway, where he shared investigative reporting techniques. He has also participated in professional training programmes organised by Reuters, TRT, the Fojo Media Institute and Linnaeus University in Sweden.
Alongside his journalism career, Hossain has pursued graduate studies in the United States with a focus on environmental and natural resource journalism. His work combines investigative reporting, academic research, data verification and visual storytelling to examine how climate change affects communities, public policy and economic development.
Reflecting on the fellowships, Hossain said the opportunities would strengthen his reporting on one of the world’s most urgent challenges.
“Climate change is not only an environmental issue. It is a story about people, livelihoods, health and justice,” he said. “These fellowships will allow me to learn from some of the world’s leading experts and journalists while bringing the experience I gained in Bangladesh to an international audience.”
His selection for the two fellowships also underscores the growing recognition of journalists from the Global South and highlights the importance of field-based reporting in shaping international conversations on climate and environmental issues.
