How I got here.

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Journalism and media

  • Multimedia Journalist Nutshell Today · March 2026 to now
  • Content Executive Dhaka on Air
  • Intern Jamuna Television, web desk
  • News Editor Splash
  • Independent Photojournalist Freelance · three years and counting

Open-knowledge leadership

  • Founder and Project Lead Project Korikath · 2021 to now
  • Country Representative Open Knowledge Foundation, Bangladesh · 2024 to now
  • Fellow Wikitongues, Chak language · 2025
  • Chief Organiser Wiki Loves Folklore Bangladesh · 2024 and 2025
  • Project Coordinator WikiWomen Bangladesh
  • Lead Co-ordinator Wiki Loves Earth Bangladesh · 2024
  • Implementation Lead Indic Oral Culture Documentation, Bangladesh · 2023
  • Lead Coordinator Ikusgela in Bengali · 2024
  • Advisor NDEC Wikipedia Editorial and Research Team · 2021 to now
  • Regional Co-ordinator WikiForHumanRights, Wikimedia Foundation · June to July 2024

Events, juries and volunteering

  • Tech Subcommittee Wikimania 2023
  • Trust and Safety Volunteer Wikimania 2022
  • Scholarship Committee EduWiki Conference 2023
  • Core Organising Team International Youth Day 2023
  • Judge Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Food, Philippines · 2024
  • Learning and Evaluation In-Charge NDEC Wikimedia Bootcamp · 2022
  • Coordinator In Search of The Roots, archive digitisation · 2021
  • Branding Lead Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos, Bengali · 2021
  • Millennium Fellow UN Academic Impact and Millennium Campus Network · 2025
  • Campus Ambassador G17 UAC

Have a story? Email me.

wasiulbahar@gmail.com

Write to me if

  • you need photographs or video from Bangladesh
  • you have a story I should report
  • you are planning an open-knowledge campaign
  • you want to use one of my photos and have a question

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