Jahanara Nuri

Mission and Purpose: To serve people with the word.
Current work: Freelance journalist with focus on writing (Newspapers in Bangladesh, Germany, USA, Sweden).

Me: Technology friendly; audio-visual-prone; love language, writing, storytelling, research, and data analysis; strive for logic and judgment, critical thinking, & evidence.

Education: 3 months apprenticeship in LkpgNews of Mediearbetarna (Linkoping) as journalist (writing), Writing in exile certificate course, Gothenburg University, IT Diploma, lexicon, Svenska, Hermods, Sweden.
MA in Literature and language, BA in Bengali Literature, Sociology, and English language, Dhaka University, Bangladesh.

Membership in associations: Member of the Board of Mellan Sverige's Freelance Section, Sveriges Författarförbundet. Member (writing campaign lead) diaspora human rights defenders' global network of International Crimes Strategy Forum, UK. Member of Gender and Media Forum, and national CEDAW Forum in Bangladesh.
Previous experiences: Former Board member, office secretary of the Association of electronic media producers in Bangladesh. 27 years in International Development with a focus on communication and Gender equality, Human rights, and Climate Change.

Technology: MS package, Mac, Basics of broadcast video production, and editing by Premiere Pro and Edius pro.

Publication: Over a dozen Books. and numerous publications in News papers.
Editing: literature page (Monthly Abayab) and women's magazine (Rupantor).

Radio: (Writer and freelance producer) 2 yrs 3 months.
Print: Columns, debate articles, features, sub-editorial. 5 years.
Television: Writing, directing, and editing; documentary, drama, TVC, PSA.
Social campaign in various Media: 15+ national campaign & advocacy. Media used, social, electronic and print media, local cultural expressions and stage.