Journalist, Content Writing, Editing, Research

Name: Manisha Singh

Phone Number: 770******* & 989-***-****

E Mail: *************@*****.***

Work Experience:

January 2023 onwards: Freelance work (content writing and editing)

April 2021 to December 2022: Consulting editor at RITAM, a news aggregator and content creation App. I was heading the English team and was in charge of English news content.

2018 to April 2021: Freelance work (content writing and editing)

February 2011 to June 2018: Senior Special Correspondent with English news website Zeenews.com

Key Result Areas at Zee Digital Media:

- I was on the Main Desk and was the evening shift head.

- Work area included national and international affairs, politics, elections, crime, natural disasters and viral stories, among others.

- Writing breaking stories in real time, bureau stories, doing live blogs of elections and important news as it happened, editing news from news agencies like PTI and IANS and writing analysis / blogs, among others was part of my profile.

- Work also entailed page management, taking editorial decisions about lead stories and placement of other stories on the home page and ensuring quality control (editing copies and checking the main page), among others.

Previous Experience:

Correspondent, CNBC AWAAZ, from February 2005 to November 2009.

Key Result Areas at CNBC

- Feature reporting for various shows like Smart Shopping, Smart Business Women, Life Style Guru, Prime Property and Hum Honge Kamyab.

- News reporting for daily bulletin (soft business stories).

- Covered Fashion Week, India International Trade Fair and Auto Expo and other events on a regular basis.

- Produced health show - Jiyo Zindagi - for one year.

- Worked on the annual Budget.

- Also did production work.

BAG Films:

I was with BAG Films in 2004 and worked as researcher and reporter.

Assignments at BAG:

- Did reporting for new stories for ‘Star News’ - the stories were outsourced to Bag Films.

- Did reporting for ‘Rozana’ - a daily news bulletin aired on DD News produced by Bag Films.

- Was part of research team for ‘Pol Khol’ - a satirical show on Star News produced by Bag Films.

Freelance:

2003 – 2004 - Wrote content for some education-based websites.

Personal Details:

Academics:

Class 10th, 1986, ICSE, St Joseph’s Convent High School, Patna

Class 12th, 1988, IT College, UP Board, Lucknow

BA Hons (Political Science), Delhi University, Miranda House, 1991

MA (Political Science), Delhi University, Miranda House, 1993

MPhil (Political Science), Delhi University, 1996

Pursued PhD in Pol Sc from JNU from 1997 to 2003

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