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ARUN KRISTIAN DAS EXPERIENCE Web Producer, MyFoxNY.com/WNYW New York (Affiliated with Fox Interactive Media) New York, May 2006-Present Produce and manage multimedia content for major New York-centric news, politics, entertainment Web site: repurpose video packages from TV broadcast; produce and edit online-only video packages; write articles; select, edit and post wire stories; select, size and crop photos; arrange and rank stories; coordinate production of content with senior Web producer and execute producer of TV broadcasts; design and produce special multimedia projects. Copy Editor/Newswriter, Fox 5 News/WNYW New York New York, December 2001-May 2006 Wrote and edited story scripts and prepared show tapes; supervised writing staff and assigned stories (when serving as copy editor); gathered news and conducted interviews in the field; filled in as assignment editor; trained newswriters, news assistants, newsroom trainees, and interns. Formerly News Assistant and Newsroom Trainee. Freelance Editor and Writer, India Abroad/Rediff.com, The Bond Buyer, New York Trend, Columbia Community Affairs, St. Martin's Press, Hungry Minds Inc. New York, 1999-2005 Copy edit and line edit articles, book manuscripts, and scholarly papers. Report and write articles. Read my stories. Freelance Fact-Checker, Columbia Journalism Review New York, 2000-2003 Fact-check articles for this national journalism review. Also contributed original reporting for the March/April 2001 issue, Special Report: New York Rules. Interim Staff Editor and Writer, PC Magazine New York, July 2001-August 2001 Line edited, copy edited, wrote, and researched articles for this national computer technology and business publication. Wrote two articles and one short review. Copy Editor, The Bond Buyer New York, January 2000-January 2001 Copy edited articles for this public finance daily newspaper; wrote headlines; worked closely with reporters and section editors; proofread pages; conducted basic fact-checking; daily workload: 5-10 articles (70-150 inches). Co-producer, Two Deaths Too Many New York, January 2000-May 2000 Reported, videotaped, and edited a 17-minute documentary on the aftermath of the trial of four NYPD officers who shot Amadou Diallo. WINNER: Outstanding Story by a South Asian Student (second place), South Asian Journalists Association's 2001 Journalism Awards. Production Editor, Macmillan General Reference New York, November 1997-May 1999 Coordinated consumer reference book production from manuscript to bound book. Senior Production Editor, Plenum Publishing Corp. New York, September 1995-October 1997 Coordinated scientific and trade book production from manuscript to bound book; trained new editors. Formerly Assistant Production Editor and Production Editor. TEACHING Writing Instructor, CUNY/Queens College Continuing Education Program New York, February 2002-2004 Teach "Introduction to News and Feature Writing" and "The Joys of Journalkeeping: From Journal Entry to Short Story"; lead and moderate class discussions and critiques; evaluate students' written assignments; designed the syllabus for each these 8-week courses. EDUCATION Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism New York Master of Science in Journalism, May 2001 Courses included: Reporting and writing with Samuel G. Freedman; personal and professional style with Judith Crist; documentary production with Jeffrey Tuchman and David Klatell; covering the New York media establishment with Victor Navasky and David Laventhol; cultural affairs reporting with Phyllis Garland; narrative writing with Kevin Coyne. Read my stories. Columbia University Columbia College New York Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies, Dean's List, May 1995 SKILLS Journalism: Digital video, audio and Web reporting/editing/producing. Software: Microsoft Word and Excel, Lexis-Nexis, Avid iNews, Adobe Dreamweaver and Photoshop, Avid Media Composer, familiarity with HTML, Macintosh, Windows. Editorial styles: Associated Press, The New York Times, Chicago 14. Languages/Travel: Fluent in Italian, knowledge of French and Czech; lived in 3 countries, visited more than 10. AWARDS South Asian Journalists Association's Journalism Awards: Outstanding Story by a South Asian Student (Second Place) for the documentary Two Deaths Too Many (2001). Columbia University's Student Activities Awards: Achievement Award for my role as editorial page editor of the student newspaper The Moment (1994). AFFILIATIONS Writers Guild of America, East South Asian Journalists Association Columbia University Alumni Federation o o o o o |