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SUMMARY

A passionate journalist with 14 years of experience in writing, reporting, copy editing, copy writing, scripting, rewriting, digital videos, research, graphics, photo editing & data journalism

Strong knowledge on international & geopolitical issues, politics, economy, business, finance, policies & social issues

Experienced in print, television and digital media

Adept at writing long-narrative stories, analysis, op-eds, interviews, feature articles, conceptualizing, scripting & producing digital videos, & commissioning articles from experts

Well connected with academicians, social scientists, industrialists, social media influencers

A hands-on manager who believes in collaborative approaches & loves new challenges

Professional Experience

Network 18 (Digital) March 2019 – Till date

Assistant Editor

Copy editing, reporting, copy writing & commissioning articles for Firstpost

Selecting & assigning stories, writing & copy editing scripts, reporting, fact checking, SEO headlines, both for stories & videos for YouTube, Facebook, News18.com, Moneycontrol.com

Managing a team of writers, producers and training them as and when required for Crux

Planning and chalking out the workflow, maintaining team sheet, evaluating performance

Writing samples: https://www.firstpost.com/author/plaban-gupta

Samples for Video scripts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3prwMn9aU2z5Y158ZdGyyA

Professional Experience

ET Now (Broadcast) September ‘17 – February 19

Senior Associate Producer

• Writing stories & news packages on politics, economy, business, finance, international news & defence

Stories:https://www.timesnownews.com/searchresults?searchTerm=Plaban%20Gupta

News packages: https://twitter.com/plabang

• Content generation for campaigns, special projects & communication materials

• Research, data analysis, graphics & preparing questions for shows & interviews

• Writing show intros, anchor links; selecting topics and guests for prime-time shows

• Content generation and editing for television, online and social media

• Networking with economists, industry experts, politicians, policy makers, social media influencers

NDTV 24x7 (Broadcast) September ’07 – September ‘17

Researcher

• Thorough research on politics, economy, social & medical issues, financial markets, banking, government policies, macro-economic indicators, industry trends as well as social issues

• Ideate, conceptualize, visualizing campaigns Like Save The Tiger, Save the Children, Coca-Cola NDTV Support My School

•Culling out short video clips from the programs for web and social media

• Copy editing, online write ups for the web and social media

• Deciding on topics for shows, choosing guests and deciding on the flow of shows like The Big Fight

• Meeting policymakers, industrialists, politicians, academicians, experts from Think Tanks, opinion writers for research, topics & new angles for stories

The Indian Express(Print) September ‘05 – August ‘07

Reporting & Copy Editing

JOB PROFILE

Reporting, story writing, copy editing, subediting, fact checking, features writing, photo editing, giving captions

Beats and issues covered: Defence, land acquisition, IT, Tech and Automobiles, infrastructure, retail, horticulture and agriculture, social media

URL for Stories: http://archive.indianexpress.com/columnist/plabangupta/

Academic Profile

Diploma in Print Journalism: Asian College of Journalism 2005

Master of Arts In English Literature: Banaras Hindu University (BHU) 2004

Bachelor of Arts In English: Banaras Hindu University (BHU) 2002

Certificate In Data Journalism: University of Hong Kong in partnership with

Google Labs 2017

Languages: English, Bengali, Hindi

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