WORK EXPERIENCE
NEON TOMMY LOS ANGELES, CA
Staff Reporter Winter 2009-present
• Write feature and news articles for USC Annenberg School for Communication’s online newspaper.
VITERBI NEWS WEBSITE LOS ANGELES, CA
Reporter Fall 2008-present
• Write feature and news articles for USC engineering department’s online news site.
INDIA TODAY MAGAZINE NEW DELHI, INDIA
Senior Correspondent August 2005-June2008
• Wrote stories for the city supplements that circulate in major metros and two states (Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Gujarat and Punjab)
• Covered a wide variety of beats including business, food, lifestyle and culture.
• Edited and re-wrote stories from bureaus in different cities.
NETWORK MAGAZINE MUMBAI, INDIA
Reporter April 2005-June2005
• Wrote news and features for Indian Express Group’s IT magazine
THE TELEGRAPH JAMSHEDPUR, INDIA
Intern May 2002-July2002
• Wrote features on food, culture and lifestyle for the city supplement.
LADY SHRIRAM COLLEGE MAGAZINE NEW DELHI, INDIA
Editor 2002
• Wrote features and edited the college magazine in my final year as an undergrad.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION LOS ANGELES, CA
Master’s of Arts in Print Journalism Expected May 2010
XAVIER INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS MUMBAI, INDIA
Diploma in Journalism April 2005
• Overall grade A
DELHI UNIVERSITY NEW DELHI, INDIA
Master of Arts in English April 2004
DELHI UNIVERSITY NEW DELHI, INDIA
Bachelor of Arts in English April 2002
OTHER EXPERIENCE
• Volunteered for a year for National Service Scheme, teaching underprivileged children.
• Volunteered for an NGO which works with rural development, from November 1999 to December 2000.
SKILLS
• Using Windows OS, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Quark Express, Adobe Photoshop, Avid NewsCutter, Soundslides, basic HTML and Internet research tools
• Blog: http://blogs.uscannenberg.org/newly_paul/
First let me say that I appreciate your coverage of the increase of car burglaries in Hollywood (a sign of the economic times). I respectfully want to make one correction. Ziggy Kruse is a board member (and correspondence secretary for the Hollywood Studio District neighborhood council (which is in Hollywood, not Studio City). This mistake has happened to others and may even be on some websites (the confusion between Studio District and Studio City). Other than that, thank you and keep up the good work. Journalist are critical component for Democracy and I for one am glad that you and others have chosen this honorable profession.
By: Bob on May 16, 2009
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