Ruhina Ferdous

Ruhina Akter, writing under the pen name Ruhina Ferdous, started her journalistic career at the Bangladeshi daily newspaper Prothom Alo. From there she moved to the daily newspaper Bonik Barta where she was a senior sub-editor in the editorial department. In 2023 she joined MRDI, the Media Resources Development Initiative, as a sub-editor for the Global Investigative Journalism Network, GIJN Bangla. Ruhina's achievements include the Konrad Adenauer Fellowship for Media and Communications, and OKP fellowships from RNTC in media campaigns for social change and digital media creations. She also completed a yearlong UN training on protecting women journalists and advancing women’s rights in shrinking democratic spaces in Asia. Ruhina holds a postgraduate diploma in film and television.