Raqib Hameed Naik Explained

Raqib Hameed Naik
Organisation:	Hindutva Watch^[1]
Birth Place:	Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Occupation:	Journalist
Awards:	Aminah Assilmi Award in Media Excellence - 2021.

Raqib Hameed Naik (born 1995) is a Kashmiri journalist. In 2020, he relocated to the United States. He is the founder of Hindutva Watch, a research project that documents hate crimes and hate speeches against religious minorities in India.

Naik is the Pulitzer Center grantee.^[2] He has been featured and quoted in various news outlets, including The Washington Post,^[3] The Wall Street Journal,^[4] The Guardian,^[5] The Intercept,^[6] American Kahani,^[7] BBC,^[8] Daily Express UK,^[9] Tech Crunch,^[10] and others.

Early life and education

Raqib was born to Kashmiri parents in Jammu and Kashmir. He did his early schooling Sri Ranbir Higher Secondary School Jammu. He moved to Srinagar to complete his under graduation from Amar Singh College. He then attended Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and University of Bolton,^[11] UK for Masters in Public Administration and International Multimedia Journalism, respectively.^[12]

Career

Raqib started his career as a staff reporter with Twocircles.net,^[13] where he stayed until 2017. In his early career, he was based in Kashmir. Later he reported from different Indian states. He was guest editor at Beyond Headlines.^[14] In 2018, he joined The Globe Post as its Indian correspondent.^[15]

Awards

Raqib won the Aminah Assilmi Award in Media Excellence in 2021^[16] and has been shortlisted for the Thomson Foundation Award.^[17]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Purohit . Kunal . India's Hindu-Muslim hate crimes are being tracked, by self-exiles Modi supporters wants silenced . . 12 August 2023 . 12 August 2023.
2. Web site: Raqib Hameed Naik on Pulitzer Center. . 13 July 2023.
3. News: Tracking rising religious hatred in India, from half a world away . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-05-13 . 0190-8286.
4. News: Purnell . Newley . WSJ News Exclusive Guns Offered for Sale in Facebook Groups Devoted to Religious Extremists in India . 2023-05-13 . Wall Street Journal . 8 February 2023 . en-US.
5. News: Sharma . Yashraj . 2023-04-05 . Twitter accused of censorship in India as it blocks Modi critics . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-05-13 . 0261-3077.
6. Web site: Hussain . Murtaza . Grim . Ryan . January 24, 2023 . Elon Musk Caves to Pressure From India to Remove BBC Doc Critical of Modi . 2023-05-13 . The Intercept . en.
7. Web site: Kulkarni . Bhargavi . 2023-01-22 . A Rebel in the Crosshairs: Founder of Hindutva Watch Says He's Forced to Live in the Shadows in the United States . 2023-05-13 . American Kahani . en-US.
8. Web site: 2023-02-09 . ভারতে হিন্দুত্ববাদী বজরং দলের সমর্থক ফেসবুক পেজে পিস্তল বিক্রির অভিযোগ . 2023-05-13 . BBC News বাংলা . bn.
9. Web site: Watling . Tom . 2023-02-21 . India's raids on BBC branded a 'blatant attack on press freedoms' . 2023-05-13 . Express.co.uk . en.
10. Web site: Mehta . Ivan . 2023-02-14 . Twitter's restrictive API may leave researchers out in the cold . 2023-05-13 . TechCrunch . en-US.
11. News: Journalist from Doda selected by Bolton University UK . Kashmiri Observer .
12. Web site: Featured Student Projects | International Multimedia Journalism.
13. Web site: 2017-09-10 . The worrying silence of Greater Kashmir and the Editors' body on the arrest of a Kashmiri photojournalist . 2021-03-20 . TwoCircles.net . en-US.
14. Web site: Contributors . 2021-03-20 . BeyondHeadlines . en-US.
15. Web site: Our Team . 2021-03-20 . en-US . The Globe Post.
16. Web site: Doda-born journalist receives Aminah Assilmi Media Excellence Award in the United States . The Chenab Times . 13 December 2021 . 13 July 2023.
17. Web site: All fired up: The journalists addressing the climate emergency . . 8 March 2021 . 13 July 2023.