CPRD–TCW Reporting
Fellowship 2025
Strengthening Bangladesh’s Voice in Climate Journalism.
Launched in 2024, the CPRD–TCW Reporting Fellowship is an annual initiative jointly organised by the Center for Participatory Research and Development (CPRD) and The Climate Watch (TCW) to strengthen climate and environmental journalism in Bangladesh.
Each year, the fellowship supports selected journalists through reporting grants, specialised training, professional mentorship and editorial guidance to produce in-depth, evidence-based stories on pressing climate and environmental issues.
The programme focuses on climate finance, adaptation, loss and damage, biodiversity, renewable energy, just transition and community resilience. It equips journalists with practical reporting skills, research techniques and expert insights to investigate complex environmental challenges.
By supporting independent journalism and amplifying the voices of vulnerable and marginalised communities, the fellowship connects local climate realities with national and international policy discussions. Since its inception, the initiative has aimed to build a skilled network of environmental journalists and promote impactful, solutions-oriented climate reporting across Bangladesh.
Fellows 2025
Md. Asaduz Zaman
Md. Asaduz Zaman is a Bangladeshi business and economics journalist and staff reporter at The Daily Star. He covers trade, inflation, agriculture, macroeconomics, climate finance and public policy. His investigative reporting explores Bangladesh’s economic challenges, private-sector development and environmental sustainability. He was selected for the 2026 International Trade Reporting Fellowship in Singapore, organised by the National Press Foundation and supported by the Hinrich Foundation. He also received the 2026 Earth Journalism Network Reporting Fellowship. He is an alumnus of the British Council’s Future News Worldwide programme.
Mehedi Al Amin
Mehedi Al Amin is a Bangladeshi journalist with over 12 years of experience, specialising in investigative, data-driven and environmental journalism. His reporting focuses on climate change, environmental rights, agriculture, human rights and social justice. He was selected for France’s prestigious 2025 Marianne Initiative for Human Rights Defenders, participating in a six-month international programme in France. He also received the 2022 Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) Fellowship from the Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and Stanley Center for Peace and Security, enabling him to cover COP27 in Egypt, alongside the 2021 Farming Future Bangladesh Media Fellowship.
Mizanur Rahman Yousuf
Mizanur Rahman Yousuf is a senior Bangladeshi journalist based in Chattogram, currently working with The Business Standard. He specialises in industrial development, maritime trade, ports, shipping, customs, infrastructure, macroeconomics and climate-related economic challenges. His investigative reporting explores Bangladesh’s trade and logistics sectors, industrial investment, port governance, maritime security and economic policy. His work highlights structural challenges affecting businesses, supply chains and national development.
Naushad Ali Husein
Naushad Ali Husein is a Bangladeshi freelance journalist, writer and editor with over two decades of experience covering climate change, environmental issues, human rights, migration and refugee crises. He began his journalism career in 2003 at New Age and later served as news editor of The Varsity in Canada. His work has appeared in Al Jazeera, The Daily Star and The Kathmandu Post. He has also worked in the development sector and contributed to environmental storytelling through Reflections. His recent work focuses on coastal communities, ocean conservation, climate vulnerability and sustainable development.
Raihan Ahmed
Raihan Ahmed is an award-winning Bangladeshi journalist and staff reporter at JagoNews24.com, specialising in climate change, environment, migration and development reporting. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Mass Communication and Journalism from Jagannath University. He received the OKUP Media Fellowship in 2025 and secured second place in the online category of the BRAC Migration Media Award 2025.
Rukaia Islam
Rukaia Islam is a Bangladeshi digital journalist associated with Alap, a digital news platform. Her professional interests include public-interest journalism, climate change, environmental issues, digital media and social justice. She has participated in a reporting boot camp organised by the Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) to strengthen journalism skills. Her professional activities also reflect an interest in media freedom, responsible journalism and digital storytelling. Through her work, she seeks to highlight important social and environmental challenges, promote informed public discussion and make complex issues accessible to wider audiences.
Sajibur Rahman
Journalist from Bangladesh with over a decade of experience covering business, banking, finance, energy, climate change, and environmental issues. Staff Reporter at The Financial Express since 2018, with a strong focus on financial markets, renewable energy, and sustainable development. Committed to solutions-oriented reporting on climate, economy, and governance in the Global South.
Sk. Tanzir Ahmed
Sk. Tanzir Ahmed is a Bangladeshi journalist and Satkhira correspondent for Banglanews24.com, specialising in climate change, environmental degradation, gender inclusion and public health. His reporting explores coastal vulnerability, salinity intrusion, climate adaptation, agricultural resilience and the socioeconomic impacts of environmental crises. In 2026, he received a reporting fellowship from the Earth Journalism Network (EJN) to investigate non-economic loss and damage in Bangladesh's climate-vulnerable coastal communities. Through field-based reporting, he highlights the experiences of marginalised populations, environmental challenges and locally driven solutions to climate change.
