March 2008 - December 2009
Responsible for the features section of t.he daily. Launched on April 6, 2008, Pune Mirror is the fastest growing daily within the Mirror group.
Besides contributing articles from time-to-time, I had a weekly column in the Sunday edition, called Paula Talkies. This is what I wrote in there:
1) Christopher C Benninger
2) Sandesh Bhandare
3) Ravish Arora
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Freelance journalist in London, UK
May 2007 – Apr 2008
* Reporting on UK news and lifestyle features for
www.indianexpress.com
www.buzz18.com
www.indiwo.com
www.deccanherald.com
www.femina.in (BBC and Times Group publication).
Links to some of my articles:
* Reporting on UK news and lifestyle features for
www.indianexpress.com
www.buzz18.com
www.indiwo.com
www.deccanherald.com
www.femina.in (BBC and Times Group publication).
Links to some of my articles:
Special Correspondent, Mumbai Mirror, India
May 2005 – July 2006
Launched in May, 2005, Mumbai Mirror, Times of India’s debutante compact format in Mumbai, achieves circulation of over 600,000 English language readers in the city
Responsible for the daily editorial production of the opinion/edit page and four news features pages.
Additional responsibility for production of weekend magazine, Buzz. It included commissioning articles to columnists, assigning stories to reporters, chasing up copies, editing, liaising with the photographers and graphic designers as well as sourcing visuals from the photo library, referencing on the articles, doing layouts and making pages using Quark Xpress, proofing the final pages and sending them for printing.
Writing articles for the weekend magazine.
Achievements: Key member of the production team comprising 15 members including sub-editors, reporters, photographers and graphic designers; managing startup operational challenges, while maintaining quality and performance levels. Ownership of key editorial production components; deliverables include developing and building content aimed at key audience segments.
A few of the articles I wrote during my stint there:
1) Looking pregnant, feeling great
2) On a nail trail
3) Child's play, this?
Launched in May, 2005, Mumbai Mirror, Times of India’s debutante compact format in Mumbai, achieves circulation of over 600,000 English language readers in the city
Responsible for the daily editorial production of the opinion/edit page and four news features pages.
Additional responsibility for production of weekend magazine, Buzz. It included commissioning articles to columnists, assigning stories to reporters, chasing up copies, editing, liaising with the photographers and graphic designers as well as sourcing visuals from the photo library, referencing on the articles, doing layouts and making pages using Quark Xpress, proofing the final pages and sending them for printing.
Writing articles for the weekend magazine.
Achievements: Key member of the production team comprising 15 members including sub-editors, reporters, photographers and graphic designers; managing startup operational challenges, while maintaining quality and performance levels. Ownership of key editorial production components; deliverables include developing and building content aimed at key audience segments.
A few of the articles I wrote during my stint there:
1) Looking pregnant, feeling great
2) On a nail trail
3) Child's play, this?
Saturday, 15 March 2008
Chief Sub-edior, The Telegraph Graphiti/ Weekend, India
Feb 1998 - May 2005
Owned by ABP Pvt Ltd, one of the oldest publishing houses in India, The Telegraph is the largest circulated English daily in eastern India, with a circulation figure of about 350,000.
In-charge of the editorial production team for both the Sunday magazine, Graphiti, and the Saturday lifestyle features section, Weekend Telegraph – right from assigning and chasing up stories, editing copies, referencing from the library, ideating with the graphic designers to making pages using Quark Xpress, proofing the final pages and ensuring timely publication.
Line management across 12 member team comprising reporters, sub-editors, photographers and graphic designers spread over 3 cities.
Image management, including sourcing from the library as well as briefing photographers.
Research and write articles for Graphiti and Weekend Telegraph.
Achievements: Joined as a trainee and worked my way up as a sub-editor, a senior sub-editor to being a chief sub-editor in 4 years time. Maintained deadlines so well that our team became a leading example for all other departments to follow. The improved content of Graphiti helped the circulation figure to shoot up from 200,000 to 350,000.
Here's my tribute to the City of Joy...
December 11, 2004
December 25, 2004
January 8, 2005
January 22, 2005
February 12, 2005
February 26, 2005
March 5, 2005
April 9, 2005
April 23, 2005
April 23, 2005
April 30, 2005
May 21, 2005
Owned by ABP Pvt Ltd, one of the oldest publishing houses in India, The Telegraph is the largest circulated English daily in eastern India, with a circulation figure of about 350,000.
In-charge of the editorial production team for both the Sunday magazine, Graphiti, and the Saturday lifestyle features section, Weekend Telegraph – right from assigning and chasing up stories, editing copies, referencing from the library, ideating with the graphic designers to making pages using Quark Xpress, proofing the final pages and ensuring timely publication.
Line management across 12 member team comprising reporters, sub-editors, photographers and graphic designers spread over 3 cities.
Image management, including sourcing from the library as well as briefing photographers.
Research and write articles for Graphiti and Weekend Telegraph.
Achievements: Joined as a trainee and worked my way up as a sub-editor, a senior sub-editor to being a chief sub-editor in 4 years time. Maintained deadlines so well that our team became a leading example for all other departments to follow. The improved content of Graphiti helped the circulation figure to shoot up from 200,000 to 350,000.
Here's my tribute to the City of Joy...
December 11, 2004
December 25, 2004
January 8, 2005
January 22, 2005
February 12, 2005
February 26, 2005
March 5, 2005
April 9, 2005
April 23, 2005
April 23, 2005
April 30, 2005
May 21, 2005
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