Formerly a political reporter, Abu Taib Ahmed is a 4th year Ph.D. student and instructor in the Journalism and Media Communication department at Colorado State University. He is specializing in media sociology, particularly in how various socio-political factors shape journalism practice. In his Ph.D. dissertation, he is re-conceptualizing the Hierarchy of Influence (HoI) model – the most comprehensive framework to study the influences on journalism practice in media sociology – to make it applicable for a single society, i.e. Bangladeshi society, as opposed to multiple societies. His research focuses on journalism studies and media sociology. In particular, he studies the relationship between journalists-and-journalism and any factors that influence journalists and journalism. Abu Ahmed is also interested in journalistic ethics, mission of journalism, journalist role conceptions, political communication, and the digital/online public sphere. His research utilizes textual analysis, ethnography, interviews, and survey methods.

After obtaining his Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Geology & Mining at the University of Rajshahi, Ahmed ended up being a journalist back in Bangladesh and worked for three leading English-language dailies in Bangladesh as a political reporter for 15 years until 2018. He also worked for several internal media outlets including Swedish national radio and the South Asian Monitor.

Ahmed got his master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Media Studies in 2020.

Abu Ahmed teaches media/news writing and strategic communication writing.