Habiba Nosheen ( ur, ) is an Investigative

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. Her film '' Outlawed in Pakistan'' premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2013 and was called "among the standouts" of Sundance by the ''

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''. A longer version of the film aired on ''

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''. Nosheen's 2012 radio documentary, "What Happened at Dos Erres?" aired on ''

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'' and was called "a masterpiece of storytelling" by ''

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''. Nosheen has received numerous awards for her reporting including the Peabody, three Emmy awards. In 2017-2019, Nosheen was the co-host of

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's newsmagazine series '' The Fifth Estate''. 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

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Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan
The podcast is a three year long investigation into the disappearance of a Canadian woman who vanished in 2006 without a trace.

Early life

Nosheen was born in

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, Pakistan. Her family moved to Toronto, Canada when she was nine. She received her master's degree from

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's Graduate School of Journalism and a master's degree from

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in Women's Studies. She obtained a bachelor's degree from

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. She is fluent in

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Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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and Punjabi.

Career

Nosheen's reporting has appeared in various news outlets, including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Glamour'',

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, CBC,

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. . Nosheen's documentaries have been supported by The Fund for Investigative Journalism, The

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on Crisis Reporting,

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's Investigative Fund and ITVS. 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

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woman in a 8 part

podcast called Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan.

Awards

* Winner of Emmy Award (2013) for the film, ''Outlawed in Pakistan'' * Winner of Emmy Award (2016) for 60 Minutes investigation, ''The Swiss Leaks'' * Winner of Emmy Award (2017) for 60 Minutes report, ''The Hostage''The

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* Overseas Press Club Award's "THE DAVID A. ANDELMAN and PAMELA TITLE AWARD" for ''Outlawed in Pakistan'' * The South Asian Journalist Association Award * The Morton Mintz Award * The Leslie Sanders Award * The IRE finalist * The Best Canadian Spectrum at HotDocs International Documentary Festival. She was part of the team that won that award) * A Finalist for 2012 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism

References

External links

Official website
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Early life

Career

Awards

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