Fellowships & Scholarships - MD Ibrahim Khalilullah

Fellowships and Scholarships

Fellowships, a supported film programme, a scholarship, and professional training that have shaped his reporting on climate, migration, and accountability.

Fellowships

Learning from newsrooms and networks worldwide.

2022

Earth Journalism Network Fellowship

Internews Earth Journalism Network

Reported from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity negotiating session on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework in Nairobi, Kenya, on 21 to 26 June 2022. The fellowship was part of EJN’s Asia-Pacific project, supported by Sida.

Fellowship

2021

WaterAid Media Fellowship

WaterAid

Reporting on Bangladesh’s water crisis.

Fellowship

2021

Global Investigative Journalism Network Conference Fellowship

Global Investigative Journalism Network

Investigative journalism training and networking with reporters from around the world.

Fellowship

2020

IRE Fellowship Award

Investigative Reporters & Editors

Given with honorary IRE membership. In the same year he began mentoring young journalists with IRE.

Fellowship

From Fellowship to Film

Six years of learning, then a documentary.

2020

IRE Fellowship Award

Honorary IRE membership; starts mentoring with IRE.

2021

WaterAid and GIJN

WaterAid Media Fellowship and the GIJN Conference Fellowship.

2022

EJN Fellowship

Reports from the UN biodiversity talks in Nairobi; joins the Oxford Climate Journalism Network.

2023

Nuffic Scholarship

RNTC and RNW Media course on countering disinformation; begins the CNN Academy programme.

2024

Taken by the River

CNN publishes the documentary in July.

2025

Covering Climate Now

The film wins the Journalism Award in Displacement and Migration.

Programme · 2023 to 2024

Taken by the River began here.

CNN Academy Climate Storytelling Program, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation

Through the programme Ibrahim produced and directed Taken by the River, with cinematography by Tanvir Mijan and editing by Arif Al Erfan. CNN published the film in July 2024, and in 2025 it won the Covering Climate Now Journalism Award. The Rockefeller Foundation lists him among its CNN Academy participants from Bangladesh.

Scholarship, Networks and Memberships

Training, scholarship, and community.

Scholarship

Nuffic Scholarship, Government of the Netherlands

Completed the RNTC and RNW Media special course Digital Media to Counter Disinformation and Hate Speech · 2023

Network

Oxford Climate Journalism Network

A programme of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford · member since 2022

Honorary member

National Press Club

Washington, D.C. · 2021 to 2022

Mentor partner

Investigative Reporters & Editors

Mentoring young journalists since 2020

Journalism Mentor →

Sources

Fellowships and Scholarships

Learning from newsrooms and networks worldwide.

Earth Journalism Network Fellowship

WaterAid Media Fellowship

Global Investigative Journalism Network Conference Fellowship

IRE Fellowship Award

Six years of learning, then a documentary.

IRE Fellowship Award

WaterAid and GIJN

EJN Fellowship

Nuffic Scholarship

Taken by the River

Covering Climate Now

Taken by the River began here.

CNN Academy Climate Storytelling Program, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation

Training, scholarship, and community.

Nuffic Scholarship, Government of the Netherlands

Oxford Climate Journalism Network

National Press Club

Investigative Reporters & Editors

Where these can be checked.

Md Ibrahim Khalilullah, Fellow profile

Awards and fellowships

EJN Fellows Travel to Nairobi and Lisbon to Cover International Environmental Conferences

CNN Academy, Bangladesh: participant profile

WaterAid Young Media Fellowship (programme page)

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