JOSHUA ARPIT NATH
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Currently a Senior Associate Editor at MSN
Education:
Masters of Science in Mass Communication, Advertising and Journalism: National Institute of Mass Communication (Punjab Technical University) - 2009
BA In History Honours: Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (Delhi University) – 2007
Schooling (XII) from Faith Academy, New Delhi - 2004
Achievements:
Named World's Most Engaging Author during 2016 Rio Olympics (Source: newswhip.com)
Covered 2016 World T20 for Indiatimes.com
Covered 2011 Cricket World Cup for ESPNSTAR.com
Experience:
MSN/Senior Associate Editor
Noida, Delhi NCR (February 2017-Present)
Managing sports content for the MSN.com/EN-US website. Programming partner content on section pages and homepage. Tracking story performance and editing headlines. Covering live events like Super Bowl, NBA Finals, World Series, Olympics and other major events of US interest. Providing slideshow ideas to run on homepage. Managing overnight shifts. Producing Answers for Bing search.
Indiatimes.com/Senior Copy Editor
Gurgaon, Delhi NCR (February 2015-Feb 2017)
Writing trending sports articles for Indiatimes.com. Managing the sports section at Indiatimes.com. Writing listicles, stat-based pieces and human interest articles from the sports world, primarily for an Indian audience. Building the Indiatimes Sports community on Facebook. Producing videos on Rio Olympics, Paralympics, EURO 2016 for Facebook and Twitter.
Gocricket.com/Senior Copy Editor
Noida, Delhi NCR (April 2014-January 2015)
Writing stat-based stories and analytical pieces on cricket. Producing Previews and Reviews for major matches in both text and video. Making photo galleries and managing website.
NDTV.com/Senior Sub Editor
Okhla, Delhi NCR (January 2013-March 2014)
Providing dynamic and static sports content for Web and Mobile. Taking editorial calls, changing news story angles. Writing, editing, re-writing news stories, articles for Sports.ndtv.com. Writing stats copies, blogs for Cricket.ndtv.com. Distributing and allocating work in a day’s shift. Maintaining VAS protocol (Volume, Accuracy and Speed) in all deliverables. Being in touch with on-field reporter for facts for web copies. Making Photo Galleries, Getting videos encoded for Web. Sending alerts on Twitter, I-Phone, Android Apps.
ESPN Digital/Senior Sub Editor
Noida, Delhi NCR (January 2009-March 2013)
Preparing audio bulletin run downs 3-6 times in a day and doing cricket commentary for MobileESPN. Scripting, Voicing, recording and editing Audio and Video Scripts. Being in constant touch with the operators to check outflow. Handled Sony Six Website portal - Design and Content. Writing news pieces, analytical copies, colour stories for ESPNSTAR.com apart from covering sports events as a reporter.