Nazim Baksh Explained
| Nazim Baksh |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Known For: | Award winning producer |
Nazim Ahmed Baksh is a Canadian journalist and television producer.[1] He is noteworthy for producing the documentary Son of al Qaeda, about Canadian youth Abdurahman Khadr.[2]
In 2006 the University of Toronto invited Baksh to serve an eight-month fellowship in its Journalism program.[3]
Baksh, Linden MacIntyre and Neil Docherty won an award from the Canadian Association of Journalists for a segment entitled The Mole that appeared on CBC News The National in 2007.[4] In 2011 Baksh and John Lancaster won a Canadian Association for Journalists award for "Death in a Community."[5]
Education
Career in Journalism
Baksh was hired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1990, following earning his Masters in Journalism, and has worked there, in one capacity or other, since.[6] His accomplishments there include:
| - Baksh was a founding producer, and long-time contributor to this weekly radio show on international issues.
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| - Baksh was one of the producers of this profile of a Canadian youth who was captured in Afghanistan, served as a CIA informant, agreed to serve as a mole in Guantanamo.
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| Nuclear Jihad |
| Land, Gold and Women[7] [8] | - Baksh was a consulting producer for this documentary about the traditional social control of women in rural Pakistan.
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| - First broadcast as part of CBC's Doc Zone series on October 17, 2008.[9]
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References
- News: Abdurahman Khadr: mischief or terror?. CBC Radio. Nazim Baksh. 2003-12-04. 2008-11-22.
- News: Correspondent's Notebook: Son Of Al Qaeda. Frontline (PBS). Nazim Baksh, Terrence McKenna. 2004-04-22. 2012-05-25. Over Christmas, our Arabic-speaking Muslim producer Nazim Baksh made contact with Abdurahman -- and within a week he had confided the real story to Naz. He told us that he had been working for the CIA since mid-2002 -- including all the time he had been in Guantanamo -- that the story he presented at the press conference was a cover story dictated to him by the agency..
- News: CONGRATULATIONS to winners of the Massey College University of Toronto's 2006-2007 Journalism Fellowships. University of Toronto. 2005. 2008-09-28.
- News: CAJ award winners announced. Newswire.ca. 2007-05-26. 2012-05-15. The winners in the OPEN TELEVISION (LESS THAN 5 MINUTES) category are: Linden MacIntyre, Neil Docherty, Nazim Baksh -- The Mole -- CBC News - The National.
- News: CBC wins 6 CAJ awards. CBC News. 2011-05-16. 2012-05-25.
- News: Sidi Nazim Baksh . IHYA. 2008-11-22.
- News: Land, Gold and Women. CBC News. 2006-03-05. 2008-11-22.
- News: Pakistan, land, gold, women. CBC News. 2006-02-28. 2008-11-22.
- News: The USA v. Omar Khadr. CBC News. 2008-10-17. 2012-05-25.
10. The Fifth Estate documentary “Black on campus” (watch it here), which aired on CBC on February 25, 2021.
