Newspaper Experience

New York Daily News,  Freelancer (October 2008-Present) and Editorial Intern (Summer 2008)

Report and write stories from crime to local politics, including a cover story on a NYC brothel, for a newspaper serving 2.5 million readers daily.

amNew York, Freelancer (December 2007-Present) and Intern (Fall and Winter 2007)

Report and write stories from local affairs to sports and fashion, as well as copy-editing, and layout design. 

VerdictSearch, Reporter (August 2009-Present) 

Report and write 12 legal stories a week covering court verdicts and settlements for American Lawyer Media's weekly New York and monthly California VerdictSearch publications.

 

Magazine Experience

The Caravan Magazine, Assistant Editor (October 2008- May 2009)

Commission, edit and write stories as one of three staff editors at a New Yorker style politics and culture journal from India’s highest circulating publishing house. Website: www.caravanmagazine.in.

Brownstone Magazine, Editor-in-Chief (Spring 2008)

Act as editor-in-chief for NYU’s monthly culture magazine.

 

Broadcast Experience

Feature News Program at WNYU 89.1, Executive Producer and Host (August 2005 - August 2007)

Edited, mixed, hosted and produced NYU’s feature news program about everything from psychics to gentrification.

NYC-TV, Intern (January-June 2006)

Selected content and worked on production of NYC-TV’s independent film TV Show, Backdrop NYC.

 

Freelance Experience

Freelance Journalist and Photographer (November 2007-Present)

Photograph and write stories about everything from local politics and op-eds to Muslim hip-hop artists and international affairs for publications including The New York Daily News, amNew York, Newsday, Curve magazine, Blast Magazine, The Greenpoint Gazette and The Villager. Regular features include amNew York's Street Sense photo column and weekly Nightlife column.

 

Research Experience

Research Assistant to Glamour Magazine Columnist, Jessica Seigel (January 2008- Present)

Assist with research, interviews and writing for Seigel’s Countdown column in Glamour as well as her upcoming book on beauty ideals.

Research Assistant to Business Week Editor, Jill Hamburg-Coplan (October 2007-May 2008)

Assist with research and interviewing for Hamburg's varied freelance writing and writing for Business Week.

 

 

Other Work Experience

W Magazine, Intern (Fall/Winter 2005) and Freelancer (Summer 2006)

Worked on advertising campaigns and did research into new publications first as an intern and then as a Freelance Assistant to the Fashion Director.


Skills

Languages: Intermediate Arabic, English, conversational Spanish and very basic Hindi

Computer: Proficient in PC and Mac.

Quark, basic HTML, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, CMS, Wordpress and editing software such as Final Cut Pro.

Multimedia: Film and digital photographty, darkroom; basic video and radio equipment.

 

References

Upon request.