Hamna Shakeel is a multimedia journalist and a CNN Academy Fellow (Class of 2025), with a degree in social sciences and liberal arts from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. Her reporting focuses on climate policy, political upheaval, crime, and crisis response. She has written for Haqiq News and La Haute D’Arabie, and interned at Dawn. Her work is rooted in ethical, human-centered storytelling, shaped by her training in citizen journalism and experience across both local and international reporting. She is especially interested in amplifying underrepresented voices and exploring how media reflects and shapes public life.