PARTHA PRAWAL GOSWAMI

RG Baruah Rd, By-lane: Swahid Dilip Chakraborty Path, House no: 01, Guwahati, Assam 781005 ac9cwe@r.postjobfree.com +919********* (M)

Blog: www.prawalprawal.wordpress.com

SUMMARY

Highly skilled Communications Specialist with over 8 years’ of experience in journalism, social media and web content production in esteemed news and media production houses, seek an unparalleled opportunity of a lifetime to contribute in making voices heard and transforming lives through story-telling.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Recipient ofLaadli Media & Advertising Awards on Gender Sensitivity from Eastern Region in the Print Category, Feature (Magazine) for the article Switching The Witch Perception

Co-author of ‘Adolescents in Assam: A Ready-reckoner of existing evidence & behaviours, programmes and policies’

Guest WriterGood Times of North East (now defunct), a monthly published from Guwahati.

Guest Writer for Northeast Today, a monthly published from Guwahati

Guest Writer for The Mileage (now defunct), a monthly published from Guwahati

Led Social & Behavioural Change Communications Campaign to Empower Adolescences in Assam and North-East States through Folk Art & Puppetry, in collaboration with for UNICEF and Guwahati University, Department of Mass Communication & Journalism

Contributed to workshops in “Gender Mainstreaming”, organized by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNID) in collaboration with North East Youth Foundation

Contributed to workshops on “Community Radio Service”, jointly organized by UNICEF and Guwahati University

Served as a Public Relations Officer forSAUV Communications during the biennial puppetry festival, PutulYatra, organised by SangeetNatakAkademi at Guwahati from April 22 to May 1, 2011.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Northeast Today (April 2017- April 2019)

Assistant Editor

Looking after the magazine- both print and online

Do stories from across the Northeast, especially focussing on monthly cover stories

Editing, proofing of the magazine

Maintain relations with the readers, contributors and others associated with the magazine- indirectly and directly

Good Times of North East; Northeast Toady

Freelance Journalist, (2013-2017)

Wrote on various issues with topics ranging from politics, entertainment to society

Guwahati University, Department of Communications and Journalism (Jul 2015-Dec 2015)

Media Analyst and Project Coordinator

Created and implemented all communication and marketing campaigns to promote and bring awareness about “Adolescence Health and Education Project”, with UNICEF as an implementation partner.

Served as a project coordinator and assisted in smooth implementation and operations of the Adolescence Project in Assam.

Developed project status reports for management.

Iraqi News (June 2016- March 2017)

English Language Editor

Wrote extensive reports on events concerning the Middle-East

Corrected language of correspondents from across the Middle East

Eastern Chronicle (May 2014- May 2015)

Chief Sub Editor

Edited copies filed by reporters/correspondents

Looked after the news filling of three pages

Did exclusive interviews/stories/news reports on occasions

The Sentinel (Apr 2013- April 2014)

Senior Sub-Editor

Was in-charge of Melange, the Sunday supplement of The Sentinel.

Did reporting, interviews for both the man paper and the supplement of the said newspaper

Performed interviews, reporting, sub-editing, proofreading and writing headlines and captions for news columns.

Re-wrote news and articles submitted by reporters and correspondents

Eclectic Northeast (Jul 2011- Mar 2013)

Features Writer

Wrote features and news articles through engaging storytelling techniques

Followed through new leads for potential news stories or articles and developed innovative and catchy headings

Conducted interviews with various bands, musicians, technicians and others for Eclectic Vibes (now defunct)-the sister production of the magazine

The Assam Post (Jul 2010- Jun 2011)

Staff Reporter

Conducted interviews with readers, sources and anyone directly involved in a story

Collected and analysed information critically on any breaking news stories and published them regularly

UB Photos (Dec 2009- Feb 2013)

Freelance Consultant

Leveraged extensive knowledge of photography for promotional photo shoots and candid event shots.

Performed all aspects of post-production, from editing pictures and using software to manipulate the final picture to resizing/cropping pictures and editing tape footage.

EDUCATION

Indian Science Communication Society 2014

One Year Training Course in Science Journalism (TCSJ)

Cotton College, Centre of Mass Communication & Journalism 2010

Post-Graduation Diploma in Mass Communication and Journalism

Darrang College, Department of Physics 2009

Bachelor of Science, Physics

B Barooah College, AHSEC

Higher Secondary (Class XII) 2004

Gurukul Grammar School, SEBA

High School Leaving Certificate Examination (Class X) 2001

Special Skills

Presentation Skills: PowerPoint

Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Online Campaign

Content Management: WordPress

Soft Skills: Team Handling, Team Management, Client Relationship Management, Partnership Management

References

References may be produced if asked for

DECLARATION: I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.

Date: 01-05-2019 Thanking You

Partha Prawal Goswami

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