Dr. Amir Hamza Marwan received his doctorate in Journalism Studies in 2016 from the prestigious University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Before that, he graduated with honors from the University of Peshawar with a master's in Journalism and Mass Communication. He remained a fellow in the esteemed IVLP program, supported by the US State Department.
Dr. Hamza is a passionate educator committed to fostering the intellectual growth of the next generation of journalists and students studying journalism. His main areas of teaching and research include terrorism studies, political communication, conflict studies, gender and media, media freedom and censorship, media and populism, and new media and society.
Shahzeb Ahmed Hashim is a lecturer of digital news reporting and data journalism. He started his career in journalism with The Express Tribune, a Pakistan-based English language national daily affiliated with the New York Times. He also worked for national daily Dawn, where he was part of the core team responsible for bringing out the front, back and international pages.
More recently, he joined Dawn.com — the digital wing of Dawn — as an Editorial Consultant, where he heads the special features desk.
Ahmed has also reported on a range of issues in the fields of health, science, politics, crime, urban issues etc., besides working on special reports during elections and budget announcements.
He graduated with a Masters in Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University in June 2017.
Tehmina Qureshi is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School and works as a freelance editor in Karachi and Islamabad. She has worked with Dawn, BBC Urdu, The News and The Express Tribune among other publications in Pakistan. She has a vast portfolio of editing and reporting projects on human rights, extremism, education, health and environment issues.