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E: meenakshi.gsr@gmail.com
M: 0404 654076
V : Partner Visa
LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/meenakshigsr
Twitter : @manju_gsr

CAREER SUMMARY

An adept storyteller who treats news, features and other events with equal passion and thrives within the
deadline-intensive, 24x7 newsroom environment. With solid experience in professionally challenging
environment, now looking for a new and challenging editorial position, one which will make best use of my
existing skills and experience and also further my development.

KEY SKILLS

Copy editing
Proofreading
Writing and editing
Editorial judgement
Multimedia journalism

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

2012 POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN JOURNALISM (NEW MEDIA)

ASIAN COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM, INDIA

2011 BACHELOR OF MASS MEDIA

MUMBAI UNIVERSITY, INDIA

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Creative and imaginative

Ability to think and view from a reader and audience perspective
In depth knowlegde of social media websites and SEO
Ability to prioritise work effectively

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

June, 2012 September, 2015 Digital Copy Editor

Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Mumbai, India

Hindustan Times, a part of HT Media Ltd, is one of the leading English-dailies in India with a workforce
of around 1000 employees.

Responsibilities:
Editing copies for the website and managing the content of the website
Coordinating with the bureau chiefs and reporters across India
Intensifying user engagement with the site through social networking tools like Twitter,
Facebook, Google+ and the mobile platform
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Handing day and night shifts, maintaining homepage while leading a team of 6-7 people
Monitoring competition, wire services and television for breaking news and other content
Reporting on breaking news alerts, publish them on the website and social media platforms
Building, managing and promoting special packages for the website
Curating stories through social media and created new content based on these trends
Live-blogging during the 2014 Indian general elections and managed live coverage of state
assembly elections in India
Collaborating with the print desk at Mumbai branch and training them in digital journalism
and web-desk operations
Setting up web desk at the Mumbai office and managing the content on the website
Collaborating with the reporters and training them in web journalism and live reporting

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Received the Best Journalist of the Month award

REFEREES:

Available on request