Aayush Kataria
Navi Mumbai
Summary
- I am a passionate sports enthusiast who strives to create journalistic stories that are reader-friendly, engaging, and have the ability to create a lasting impact while covering important issues and trends in the world of sports
- I have two years of experience working in a digital newsroom, alongside internships and freelance writing with reputable organisations for multiple years.
- I am particularly excited about doing journalism in the rapidly evolving multimedia space and creating captivating stories in innovative and disruptive ways using evolving technologies.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Copy Editor
Times Network
09.2021 - Current
- Breaking important stories, writing news articles, match reports, explainers, features, stats copies, and throwbacks on the TimesNow website
- Generating Content which is SEO-friendly and in line with trending topics
- Creating Web/Visual Stories On Unique Topics
- Live blogging for various sporting events, including coverage of important events of the 2023 Cricket World Cup, IPL (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 2025), T20 World Cup (2021, 2022 2024), Champions Trophy 2025 FIFA World Cup 2022, Paris Olympics 2024, Asia Cup 2022 and 2023, Asian Games 2023, and the Commonwealth Games 2022
- Covered ICC Women's World Cup 2025 from stadium
- Generating more than 1.5 million unique DOS users on average per month
- Running Facebook and Twitter Handle Of Times Now Sports
- Promoted to Copy Writer From Trainee Copy Writer In March 2022 and Senior Copy Editor In October 2023
Youtuber - AK Talk Sports
Self
07.2021 - 09.2021
- Created a self-run YouTube channel to voice my opinions on various sporting events across the globe including Indian cricket team's tour of England, Tokyo Olympics, and the Euros
Internship
Times Network
03.2021 - 06.2021
- Filed agency copies, rehashed important news stories, wrote fantasy-sport-based articles , match previews and reviews, and live blogging for various sports events
- Worked in same role from April 2020-June 2020
Internship
Go Bisbo Broadcasting Network Pvt Ltd
01.2021 - 02.2021
- Responsible for conducting in-depth research on particular subjects and writing scripts that will be used for the publication of the animated news videos explaining the topic.
- Worked on the creation of the video “The GameStop story: How amateur Redditors beat hedge fund firms at their own game.”
Freelance Writing
Sportskeeda
08.2018 - 01.2021
- Wrote 102 feature articles on various sports such as cricket, football, and Olympic sports.
Volunteer
Udaan Welfare
11.2019 - 11.2019
- Involved in creating and publishing content on the NGO’s social media account and designing their annual souvenir.
Freelance Writing
Essentially Sports
01.2017 - 05.2018
- Wrote 95 news and feature articles on cricket and football.
Internship - Sports and Crime Beat
Times of India
05.2017 - 06.2017
- Assisted sports desk with wire feed stories, creating scorecards, and finding important trivia and facts about ongoing sporting events.
- Assisted crime beat
Education
Master of Arts - Mass Communication- Journalism
Symbiosis Institute Of Media And Communication
Pune2021
Bachelor of Arts - Major - Mass Communication, Minor - International Relations
School of Liberal Studies, PDPU
Gandhinagar2019
Skills
- Able to use Immaculate knowledge of Sports such as Cricket, Football, Tennis, F1 and Olympic Sports to create analytical and critical pieces
- Extremely quick at publishing breaking News copies
- Ability to work in fast-paced newsroom environment
- Strong sense of news value to decide important stories and generate high traffic
- Understanding of Google Analytics and the Content Management System (CMS)
- Well versed with SEO skills
- Running social media handles to boost coverage
- Basic-level video editing
- Ability to do deep research and find unique stats
Accomplishments
- Won the 'Ace Performer of the Year 2025-26' award at Times Network
- Won an award for exemplary performance at Times Network for October 2022
- Interviewed Patrick Kluivert, HS Prannoy, Leander Paes, and Anil Kumble
- Created a documentary titled 'The Sheer Suddenness,' a film addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on online gaming in 2020
Certification
- Completed “Journalism in a pandemic: Covering COVID-19 now and in the future” on Knight Centre
- Completed Course “SEO Training : Get Free Traffic to your website with SEO”
Additional Information
Portfolio - https://linktr.ee/aayushkatariaportfolio
Twitter - https://twitter.com/aayush11kataria
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aayush-kataria-b8192a169/
Timeline
Senior Copy Editor
Times Network
09.2021 - Current
Youtuber - AK Talk Sports
Self
07.2021 - 09.2021
Internship
Times Network
03.2021 - 06.2021
Internship
Go Bisbo Broadcasting Network Pvt Ltd
01.2021 - 02.2021
Volunteer
Udaan Welfare
11.2019 - 11.2019
Freelance Writing
Sportskeeda
08.2018 - 01.2021
Internship - Sports and Crime Beat
Times of India
05.2017 - 06.2017
Freelance Writing
Essentially Sports
01.2017 - 05.2018
Master of Arts - Mass Communication- Journalism
Symbiosis Institute Of Media And Communication
Bachelor of Arts - Major - Mass Communication, Minor - International Relations
School of Liberal Studies, PDPU