Academic recognition
5 consecutive Dean’s Scholarships
One student per department, per term.
algorithmic accountability
platform economy
information disorder
digital journalism
epistemic equity
platform governance
media literacy
Miraz Hossain
Researcher · Journalist · Educator
I study how algorithms reshape truth, trust, and public knowledge, with a focus on South Asia's digital information ecosystems. And I intervene.
Currently doing
BSS in Media Studies and Journalism — 10th Semester
Currently learning
Python & NetworkX
By the numbers
3.99
CGPA · 4.00 scale
2
Papers in progress
200+
OSINT/digital verification training
100+
students counselled
220
bylines archived
15+
workshops led
Recognition
ULAB representation · 9 Oct 2025
Representing ULAB
Selected as one of two students to meet the Ambassador of Kosovo with the Vice Chancellor.
Press freedom · Aug 2024
Journalist under attack
Attacked while reporting on the July–August uprising for The Business Standard; later named in a CPJ alert.
Also recognised
- 2026 Wrote the English interpretive labels for the July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum, contributing exhibition text for Bangladesh’s Ministry of Cultural Affairs
- 2026 Promoted to Director at ForensIQ — ULAB’s student-led digital forensic lab
- 2026 Joined FactWatch as Research Assistant, supporting misinformation tracking and rumour-cascade analysis
- 2023–24 U.S. Embassy Dhaka amplified two TBS features — one on Bangladesh’s International Math Olympiad journey and one on Professor Taher Saif’s National Academy of Engineering fellowship. IMO post · Taher Saif post
- 2022 Prize-winning essays: 3rd Prize in the University of Dhaka English Department’s Life in the Times of Corona literary contest, plus Honourable Mention / Top 10 in the national SDG Essay Competition at ICE Center, University of Dhaka
- 2022 Named among TBS Best Profiles 2022 & 2023 at The Business Standard
- 2022–23 President, English Department Art & Literary Club — University of Dhaka
- Sep 2024 Registered World Bank vendor for English–Bangla translation
Work experience
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Supporting Bangladesh's pioneering fact-checking organisation with misinformation tracking, rumour-cascade analysis, verification workflows, and research-facing documentation around the Bangla-language information ecosystem.
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Investigated political corruption, military misconduct, and governance failures using OSINT, cross-source verification, and accountability reporting techniques. Browse Netra pieces.
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Published 200+ in-depth features on governance, digital rights, technology, and freedom of expression. Also sub-edited 50+ stories and was named among TBS Best Profiles 2022. Browse TBS archive.
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Director from June 2026 to present; previously Head of Digital Investigations from May 2025 to May 2026. Leading misinformation and propaganda investigations, training journalism students and practitioners in OSINT and verification, and building public-interest methods around digital evidence.
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Teaching undergraduate academic writing, rhetorical structure, critical communication, and fossilized-error correction across multiple cohorts.
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Sep 2021 – Aug 2022
Junior Education Counsellor
SI-UK Bangladesh · Higher Education Associates Ltd.
Guided students through higher-education options, university shortlisting, admission requirements, scholarships, SOPs, and applications during a one-year counselling role documented by SI-UK Bangladesh.
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2017 – Present
Freelance Translator & Education ConsultantIndependent writing, translation, and education support
Registered World Bank vendor for English–Bangla translation since September 2024, with 100+ students counselled, 50+ SOPs edited, around 100 UK university applications processed, and report-writing work including an annual sustainability report for Apex.
Public presence
German Embassy Dhaka · 29 Oct 2024
Media literacy panel discussion
I joined the German Embassy Dhaka’s media literacy panel as a young journalist and researcher working at the front line of Bangladesh’s information disorder. The conversation placed my work beside youth leadership, civic resistance, and public-interest journalism.
see interventions
Professional Training & Certifications
76 completions across Oxford, Ivy League, AFP, and Google
Browse Credentials ↗
Education
Current degree
BSS in Media Studies and Journalism
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
Sep 2023 – 2027 (expected)
Courses Include:
- Methods of Social Research
- Digital Audience
- Communication Research
- Introduction to Data and Statistics
RESONANCE
Notes of encouragement
“Miraz is one of the most versatile feature writers I've worked with; no matter what the story, I could rest assured that he would not leave any stone unturned in his pursuit of the report. All investigative stories assigned to him yielded complete reports where I rarely had to ask him to include additional information after submissions.”
“It honestly felt too good to be free because it was really that good.”
“One of the most extraordinary students in my career at ULAB—someone who took the course not just for credit, but to truly learn. Your generosity toward classmates has been inspiring. You are a living example that sharing knowledge makes you wiser, never diminished.”