How the Taste and Tradition of Sorrel is Preserving Caribbean Culture, Three Magazine
Roselle has become a mainstay in the north thanks to local grocers who ensure homes are well stocked with products that Canada might have never seen otherwise.
Why Aren’t Dementia Patients Getting The Culturally Competent Care They Need?, Three Magazine
The number of racialized individuals diagnosed with dementia will spike in the coming years, with the most significant increase among Asian Canadians. Can Canada’s health care system handle it?
Inside Canada’s Growing Islamophobia Problem, Chatelaine
Hate crimes against Muslims in Canada increased by 71 percent in 2021. Yet 50 percent of Canadians don’t believe Islamophobia is an issue.
Is Shadow Puppetry a Dying Art Form?, Hyperallergic
The Greatest Mall in the World, The Local
Malvern mall has seen me through every stage of my life, from renting videos as a preschooler to wandering the empty halls during COVID. As we emerge from the pandemic, how do we keep these suburban hubs of culture and community alive?
What I Learned From Anthony Bourdain, Chatelaine
The Toronto Hot Spot Nobody’s Talking About, The Local
Malvern has one of the highest COVID positivity rates in the city and only got its first pop-up clinic today. People here are used to feeling left behind.
The forever battle of a journalist of colour, The Toronto Star
Radiyah Chowdhury is the winner of the 2020 Dalton Camp Award, a prize for the best essay on the subject of media and democracy, presented by Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.
Race, Religion And Mental Health: Therapy Should Be Culturally Relevant, Chatelaine
A Pandemic Ramadan 2020 Column Series, Chatelaine
What To Say—And Not To Say—To Someone Who’s Grieving, Chatelaine
What’s The Best Plant-Based Milk For Coffee? We Tried 10, Chatelaine
The Third Anniversary Of The Quebec Mosque Shooting Was This Week—Did You Notice?, Chatelaine
Packages
6 Indigenous Cooks Showcase Their Heritage With These Delicious Recipes, Chatelaine
Co-produced and edited this package for print and digital.
Meet Chatelaine’s 2020 Women Of The Year!, Chatelaine
Co-produced and co-edited this package for print and digital.
Audio & Video
Love Letter to Scarborough, Paradigm (Frequently Podcast Network)
No matter where you’re from, there’s probably a restaurant or a dish that reminds you of home. It's the best food in the world to you because it makes you feel something: that cozy sense of belonging that’s hard to find these days. In this episode, producer Radiyah Chowdhury introduces us to her home in Scarborough, ON. Come explore the food scene in this oft-underestimated area of Toronto, where the cuisine represents a long and tangled history of colonialism, immigration, and the search for home. This is Radiyah’s paradigm.
2062 | Beyond A Cartoon Future For Millennial Workers, Just Work It (Atkinson Foundation)
Co-produced the live event as well as produced the following podcast episode.
News From The Upside Down, Short Cuts (Canadaland)
Produced the podcast episode.
Women, Diversity and Media, TVO’s The Agenda
Co-produced the episode for television.
Other Work
Indigo & Chatelaine Present: Toufah Jallow, The Woman Who Inspired an African #MeToo Movement
Moderated and hosted this conversation with survivor and anti-rape activist Toufah Jallow and Kim Pittaway, co-author and former editor-in-chief of Chatelaine.
Newsroom Reckoning: Objectivity, Belonging, and Beyond in North American Newsrooms panellist, Racialisation and Media conference at University of Oxford
In this panel discussion, former and current journalists and scholars of news media explore how racism has and continues to shape the news industry and the battle that journalists of colour have fought to create an equitable, truthful, and trustworthy press.
Selection Committee, Dalton Camp Award 2021
Walking the Tightrope: Radiyah Chowdhury Guest Lecture, The University of Toronto (Scarborough)
Raising Voices, The Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism at The University of Toronto (St. George)
Taught a four-week seminar to journalism fellows that delved into topics like objectivity, parachute reporting and racialization of crime, among other things.
Source of the Week, NPR
While serving as diversity intern at NPR, contributed sources to this database that aims to make public radio look and sound more like America.