I’m Nazmul Ahasan, an editor who sometimes hops on to do some reporting and loves to code and build interactive visualizations.
Originally from Bangladesh, I’m currently based in Washington D.C., editing news stories from South and Southeast Asian nations.
I graduated from UC Berkeley 🐻 Graduate School of Journalism in May 2023 with a concentration on data and investigative journalism.
HTML CSS Javascript — D3.js Python R OpenRefine
Selected Work
BODY COUNT: Extrajudicial Executions in Bangladesh
After Sheikh Hasina reascended to power more than a decade ago, Bangladesh’s
security forces killed at least 2,597 people in apparent extrajudicial executions, custodial torture, and
by firing bullets at protesters, according to a Netra News analysis of data documented by Bangladeshi
human rights researchers between 2009 and 2022.
Role:
reporting
front end development
data cleaning
data analysis
data visualization
design
Skills: html css jquery d3 spreadsheet scrollama
Skills: html css jquery d3 spreadsheet scrollama
In a small French town where Houston-based LyondellBasell is a fixture, residents complain of unending pollution
People living on the east side of Harris County, Texas, have an unlikely bond
with residents of Berre-l’Étang in southern France: They all inhale toxic chemicals from plants owned by
LyondellBasell, one of the world’s largest petrochemical companies.
Role:
reporting
data scraping
Skills: spreadsheet
Skills: spreadsheet
Pandemic Population Boom in Rural Hotspots Sparks Resentment
Rural America is booming, but the population growth that’s boosting local
economies is also putting a strain on everything from schools to housing and roads.
Role:
data analysis
reporting
Skills: spreadsheet python
Skills: spreadsheet python
Internet entrepreneurs far from the U.S. are inflaming political division on Facebook to sell T-shirts and coffee mugs
The
Chronicle uncovered an extraordinary new set of players in the battle: Internet entrepreneurs in
developing countries who take advantage of Western political division — and inflame it — with the sole
aim of juicing sales of customized T-shirts, mugs, tumblers, ball caps, tote bags, pillows and phone
cases, with the profits shared by American companies.
Role:
reporting
social media sleuthing
Skills: crowdtangle OSINT
Skills: crowdtangle OSINT
Analysis | Bangladesh’s Police Brutality Problem
While the United States undeniably has a police brutality problem, and its
police departments have been guilty of countless murders—disproportionately targeting Black men—there is
a crucial difference between police violence in the United States and Bangladesh.
Role:
reporting
analysis
Education
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism | Berkeley, CA
Aug 2021 - May 2023Graduated with a master’s degree in journalism with a focus on
investigative and data journalism.
Accolades
Global
Shining Light Awards Certificate of Excellence by Global Investigative Journalism Network, 2023
2022 SAJA Scholarship by South Asian Journalists
Association, 2022