Experience
2015 - 2023
BANGLADESH CORRESPONDENT
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE (AFP)
DHAKA BUREAU
2016 - Now
CHIEF TRAINER
#BUILDINGASSETS
J-SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONALS
DHAKA, BANGLADESH
2013 - 2015
ONLINE & MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST
THE DAILY STAR
BANGLADESH
2023 - NOW
VIDEO CORRESPONDENT
REUTERS TV
BANGLADESH
2014 - 2017
DOCUMENTARY CONSULTANT
UNICEF
BANGLADESH
2022 - 2023
TRAINER
DW AKADEMIE
BANGLADESH
AWARDS
Sam won the International Human Rights Press Awards (HRPA) 2018 (Spot News category), special merit in HRPA 2017 (Feature category) and HRPA 2021 (Investigative category) for his intensive reportage on Rohingya crisis at Bangladesh-Myanmar border. He also won the Covering Climate Now 2022 (Video: Short Feature).
Education
2009 - 2012
BACHELORS OF ARTS (HONS)
JOURNALISM
UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE
UNITED KINGDOM
2008 - 2009
FUNDAMENTAL COURSE
INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESH (IUB)
BANGLADESH
2005 - 2007
HIGHER SECONDARY CERTIFICATE
SCIENCE FACULTY
RAJUK UTTARA MODEL COLLEGE
BANGLADESH
2003 - 2005
FELLOWSHIP
SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
SCIENCE FACULTY
RAJUK UTTARA MODEL SCHOOL
BANGLADESH
2023
SOUTH ASIAN JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME (SAJP)
UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER
CHEVENING SECRETARIAT, UK
SPECIAL COURSES
AERIAL CINEMATOGRAPHY BY COUNTER FOTO PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOOL
FACTCHECKING AND DEBUNKING FAKE NEWS BY RACHEL BLUNDY, AFP
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT AND FIRST AID TRAINING BY ZERORISK INT'L
INFOGRAPHICS COMMUNICATION BY JAY KUMAR SHARMA, TIMES OF INDIA
VIDEO & MOBILE JOURNALISM BY AMINUZZAMAN, DRIK NEWS
NEWS WRITING BY ARUN DEVNATH, BLOOMBERG
SHORTHAND TEELINE BY ANN JONES, UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE
MEDIA PRESENTATION BY ANN KAYE, UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE
DIGITAL JOURNALISM BY FACEBOOK-REUTERS TRAINING INSTITUTE
2D ANIMATION BY 10-MINUTE SCHOOL
