BHRF will run its annual Ethical Health Reporting workshop on 22–23 May at the BHRF training centre in Dhanmondi. The two-day intensive is open to working journalists from print, broadcast, and online newsrooms with at least one year of beat experience covering health, science, or social-policy stories.
The 2026 edition focuses on three threads. First, sourcing in an environment where pre-print servers, advocacy briefs, and industry-funded studies all arrive in your inbox looking similar — and how to triage them. Second, the ethics of patient-identifying detail in long-form features. Third, working with editors and headline writers when a viral framing competes with a more accurate one.
The workshop will be led by BHRF Vice President Rehana Parvin, with sessions from former WHO Bangladesh communications head Dr. Sabbir Hossain and from the editorial leadership of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star.
Twenty-two seats are available. Selection is competitive and based on a 500-word note describing one health story the applicant has reported in the last twelve months and what they would have done differently. Participants from outside Dhaka will be offered partial travel support; women and reporters from district outlets are explicitly encouraged to apply.
Applications close on 12 May. The application form is available on the BHRF programmes page.
