Resumé

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Experience

• Gannett’s News-Star —Reporter — October 2011 -present
Reporting for daily newspaper with circulation of about 31,000 | Generating story ideas for daily city beat coverage, enterprise stories, and features | Working with photo editor to assign photos to pair with stories

• Gannett’s Pacific Daily News — Assistant local news editor — July 2009 – July 2011
Reporting | Editing stories for style, length, and content including identifying potential red flags such as single sourcing, lack of information, lack of balance and potential legal problems | Planning and assigning of stories and photos | Planning, assigning and laying out pages | Working with and following up with reporters, photographers on daily and long-term assignments | Managing breaking news at night | Posting online updates on website and on Facebook as needed to include photos, video, text alerts and PDFs | Making news calls and effectively using staff resources | Working with other sections to coordinate packages and projects | Fact checking | Supervising and coaching other reporters during a particularly crucial time for this U.S. territory, which is facing a military buildup as a result of a bilateral agreement with Japan

• Demand Studios — Freelance writer — May-June 2009
Writing informative “how to” and “about” pieces using keywords for search engine optimization for websites such as eHow.com, livestrong.com, etc.

• WRUF am850 — Producer/Anchor — May 2007-June 2009
Anchoring and producing morning, midday, evening, and magazine shows | Interviewing sources and nationally recognized CBS affiliate reporters | Writing multiple versions of radio scripts | Assigning stories to other reporters and editing their work | Writing stories based on wire copy | Posting of stories on web using local content  management system

• The Hindu — Intern reporter — March-April 2009
Reporting for city, national and supplemental pages for paper of circulation of 1.4 million | Covering assignments for education and health beats as well as writing enterprise stories | Working closely with staff reporters and editors to generate fresh story ideas and cultivate meaningful contacts in health and education sectors

• CNN IBN Network 18 — Intern reporter — Jan-Feb 2009
Generating story ideas for news reporters to cover | Reporting, interviewing sources, gathering information |  Selecting audio bites for use in news stories | Writing scripts

• The Gainesville Sun/ Gainesville Magazine — Intern Reporter -— May-June 2008
Reporting and writing feature stories on healthy living, homes, lifestyle trends, etc. | Profiling local personalities | Generating story and photo ideas for August and October issues of magazine

Education

B.S. Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, Gainesville.

Skills

Reporting multi-platform stories using Audacity, SoundSlides, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Final Cut Pro, and WordPress | Proficient in Word, Excel, Power Point, Photoshop, QuarkXpress | Adhering to AP and local style guidelines | Proficient using content management systems and social networking tools | Fluent in English and Tamil | Proficient in French