Habiba Nosheen
حبیبہ نوشین
Born
Habiba Nosheen

Lahore, Pakistan
NationalityDual national (American & Canadian)
OccupationInvestigative Journalist
A Peabody Award for "What Happened at Dos Erres?"
Sebastian Rotella, Habiba Nosheen, Ana Arana, Brian Reed, Julie Snyder and Ira Glass

Habiba Nosheen (Urdu: حبیبہ نوشین) is an Investigative journalist.[1] Her film Outlawed in Pakistan premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2013 and was called "among the standouts" of Sundance by the Los Angeles Times. A longer version of the film aired on PBS Frontline. Nosheen's 2012 radio documentary, "What Happened at Dos Erres?" aired on This American Life and was called "a masterpiece of storytelling" by The New Yorker.

Nosheen has received numerous awards for her reporting including the Peabody, three Emmy awards.

In 2017-2019, Nosheen was the co-host of CBC Television's newsmagazine series The Fifth Estate.[2] She was the first person of colour to be named the co-host of The Fifth Estate in three decades.

In 2022, Nosheen released an 8 part investigative podcast series with Spotify and Gimlet Media called Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan.[3] The podcast is a three year long investigation into the disappearance of a Canadian woman who vanished in 2006 without a trace.[4]

Early life

Nosheen was born in Lahore, Pakistan. Her family moved to Toronto, Canada when she was nine. She received her master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a master's degree from York University, Toronto in Women's Studies. She obtained a bachelor's degree from University of Toronto. She is fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi.[1]

Career

Nosheen's reporting has appeared in various news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Glamour, BBC, CBC, PBS, NPR and This American Life. .[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Nosheen's documentaries have been supported by The Fund for Investigative Journalism, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund and ITVS.[1] She has taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

In March 2022, Nosheen released a three year long investigation into the disappearance of a Hamilton woman in a 8 part Gimlet Media podcast called Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan.[3]

Awards

  • Winner of Emmy Award (2013) for the film, Outlawed in Pakistan [13]
  • Winner of Emmy Award (2016) for 60 Minutes investigation, The Swiss Leaks[14]
  • Winner of Emmy Award (2017) for 60 Minutes report, The Hostage[15] The Gracie Award[16]
  • Overseas Press Club Award's "THE DAVID A. ANDELMAN and PAMELA TITLE AWARD" for Outlawed in Pakistan[17]
  • The South Asian Journalist Association Award[1]
  • The Morton Mintz Award[1]
  • The Leslie Sanders Award[1]
  • The IRE finalist[1]
  • The Best Canadian Spectrum at HotDocs International Documentary Festival. She was part of the team that won that award)[1]
  • A Finalist for 2012 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Habiba Nosheen". ProPublica.Org. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  2. ↑ "Emmy winner joins CBC's fifth estate". Toronto Star, September 23, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Podcast digs into the mystery of Nuseiba Hasan, who wasn't reported missing for 9 years".
  4. ↑ "HAMILTON SPECTATOR: Podcast dives deep into Nuseiba Hasan true crime mystery". The Hamilton Spectator. 16 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Nosheen, Habiba (13 February 2009). "Queens Up Close - 911? Sorry, I Wanted India". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Nepal: Escaped from the Sex, Unable to Go Home (Video)". TIME. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
  7. ↑ Habiba Nosheen, Hilke Schellmann (October 2010). "The Most Wanted Surrogates in the World". Glamour. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  8. ↑ Anup Kaphle, Habiba Nosheen (9 January 2011). "After string of gay-friendly measures, Nepal aims to tap valuable tourist market". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "The Current". CBC.
  10. ↑ Habiba Nosheen (6 May 2011). "Video:Left in limbo: Nepalese adoptions halted". PBS. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  11. ↑ Habiba Nosheen (17 April 2012). "Pakistan's Hidden Victims of Child Incest". The World. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  12. ↑ Habiba Nosheen (17 January 2011). "Pakistan's Lesbians Live In Silence, Love In Secret". NPR. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  13. ↑ "Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF).
  14. ↑ "37th Emmy Award Winners" (PDF).
  15. ↑ "38th Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF).
  16. ↑ "PBS System Honored with Six Gracie Awards". PBS. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  17. ↑ "Global Unrest and Environment Take Lead in Top International Stories of 2013 at Historic 75th Overseas Press Club Awards Dinner" (Press release).
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