Rafiqul Islam Montu

Rafiqul Islam Montu is an award-winning Bangladeshi investigative journalist based in Dhaka, with more than three decades of experience in field journalism. His work focuses primarily on the coastal communities of Bangladesh, which face persistent risks and vulnerabilities due to climate change. His areas of journalism cover a wide range of issues, including climate change, the environment, disasters, women’s and children’s issues, humanitarian affairs, energy, technology, public services, and development. He completed fellowships with the Earth Journalism Network in 2020 and 2021 and is recognized as a pioneer of coastal journalism in Bangladesh. In 2020, he completed a fellowship with FOJO-MRDI. Rafiqul is one of the trainers specialising in climate and coastal journalism in Bangladesh. A series of reports published under this fellowship received an investigative journalism award from Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in 2021. He has received more than 20 national and international awards in recognition of his work.