Salma Ahmed

Salma Ahmed

Assistant Professor of Journalism & Media Studies

Born and raised in Bangladesh, Salma Ahmed currently is serving as an Assistant Professor of Journalism & Media Studies Department of Jahangirnagor University. She has worked in various fields of broadcast journalism as News Presenter, Sports Reporter in prominent news channel like NTV and Channel I.

As a scriptwriter and researcher of X-Crime an Investigative Crime Program in Bangla Vision, a private TV channel of Bangladesh from its inception and worked also as Program presenter and News presenter. In 2007, she joined as Senior Lecturer at Department of Communication & Media Studies of University of Development Alternative (UODA). She has also worked as a News Presenter in Channel 24 in 2012.

As a photographer her first Photo Exhibition “Nurjahan Begum – Life & Work”,  was held on 4^th June, 2007 at National Press Club, Dhaka, And her Solo Photo Exhibition held on 20-26^th November 2012 at Drik Gallery, Dhaka on “Shuvas Datta – Life & work”.

She has worked for various research programs. To mention some of them are; “Role of Nurjahan Begum in the Expansion of Women Journalism (2004 – 2005)” ;  “Media Advocacy Strategy to Prevent Smoking (2004 – 2005)”; “Late Journalist Abdus Salam”(2002-2003) “Evaluation of Photojournalism: Perspective Bangladesh”(2003-2004) ; “Place of Visualization in Photograph” (2004) ; “Evaluation of Photojournalism: Perspective Bangladesh” (2003-2004; “Role of Community Radio to improve social position of Disable people: Perspective Bangladesh” (2016-2017);   “Practices of third film in Bangladesh: Historical Backgroud of crisis & possibities” (2017-2018); A plan & analysis-Bangladesh Perspective”(2018-2019); “Women in Bangladesh Television Drama: Many Facets of Gender Discrimination”(2019-2020) “Impact of Cartoons on Children’s live:  Perspective Bangladesh” (2020-2021) Importance of Media Advocacy in raising health awareness of Children with Disabilities in Corona Disasters: Perspective Bangladesh (2021-2022).

Salma has also showcased her research based analytical writings on various topics and were been published on various reputed journals. To mention some of them are

‘Oggyatonama: Story of Humanity and Human Disaster’, a movie analysis published in Bangladesh Cinema and Television Institute Journal, in June, 2017. A critical writing  ‘Living on Light and Shadow of Visual Sense’ published in online journal E-Prokash on October 31, 2017. ‘‘Terminating Diversity, Germinating ‘Otherness’: The case of food and Food Habit”, a research paper had been published jointly with Rasheed Mahmood at PEOPLES PREFECE, a journal of Research Initiatives in 2017.

‘Present Situation of Disabilities in Bangladesh’ ; a Country Paper present jointly with Dr.Ajanta Rani Saha on the Programme & Abstracts of the 23rd Conference of AFID,18-23 November 2017; Organized by jointy Asian Federation & Intellectual Disabilities (AFID) & Soceity for the welfare of the Intellectually Disabled Bangladesh (SWID). This Country paper had been published at Asia-Pacific Journal of Intellectual Disabilities (APJID) in December, 2018.A critical research article ‘Roshoman film: Analysis of nature of truth & representation of hope in soceity and civilization’ had been published at The Jahangirnagar Reveiw Part-C,Vol.XXVIII, a Faculty journal of Arts and Humanities in 2017.

Another critical research article ‘The role of Community Radio to improve the social condition of disable people: Perspective Bangladesh’ had been published at The Jahangirnagar Reveiw Part-C,Vol.XXIX, a Faculty journal of Arts and Humanities in 2018. ‘Representation of Liberation War in the Films of 90s’ had been published jointly with Sumaiya Shifat  at “Communications. Media. Design”, (Vol 4 No 4), is the official academic journal of the HSE Communications, Media and Design Faculty, 2019. A critical writing  Evolution of Photography: Perspective Bangladesh had been published at MANAN-An Academic peer reviewed Journal of All Bengal State Govt. College Teachers’ Association; Vol.VI, No.1 & 2, January & July 2019, Page 81-99, ISSN 2348-3849, Calcutta, India.

Another critical research article ‘Third Cinema practices in Bangladesh:  Historical background of crisis and Possibilities’ had been published at The Jahangirnagar Reveiw Part-C,Vol.XXX, a Faculty journal of Arts and Humanities in 2019.

Salma has also been involved in activities of Society for the Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled (SWID), Ramna Branch since last fifteen years.  Salma Ahmed

Ahmed was selected in the International Visitors Leadership Program ( IVLP ) which is designed to provide leaders and scholars with opportunity to meet American colleges and become better acquainted with United States.