Anasuya Basu
Journalist
KOLKATA,WEST BENGAL
Summary
Senior Assistant Editor with The Telegraph and over 20 years of experience in journalism. Have covered important beats including automobiles, mobility and transportation, civic issues, heritage conservation, art, culture, human rights.
A former Chevening South Asia Journalism Programme (SAJP) fellow of Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK in 2017
Attended a three-week Social Media workshop conducted by Israeli government in 2013 at Haifa, Israel
Have been to numerous international assignments in Europe covering major automobile shows in Italy, Germany
A certified online trainer with Thomson Reuters Foundation
Have experience in the publishing industry working on higher academic book publishing on sociology and politics.
Overview
6
6
years of post-secondary education
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Assistant Editor
The Telegraph, ABP Ltd
KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL
08.2005 - Current
- Ideate, research, pitch story ideas and do fieldwork to write news, features and business stories for The Telegraph under tight deadlines
- Led a team of reporters and editors to produce a weekly tabloid on Howrah, a district in West Bengal that covered political, social, civic and cultural news.
- Launched new pullouts on the city that included research with marketing team, ideating, commissioning stories, editing, rewriting, doing page layouts and finally producing pullouts
- Worked with graphic artists, post-production team members, marketing and brand teams and other specialists to produce captivating and successful content.
- Managed teams to deliver consistent, accurate, engaging and relevant content.
Senior Editor
Oxford Unversity Press
New Delhi
08.2000 - 07.2005
- Was in charge of the Politics and Sociology lists of the Higher Academics division of OUP, New Delhi.
- Job involved editing, proofing manuscripts, writing blurbs, liaisoning with authors, book cover designers. In short, taking the manuscript to the final book production stage
- Writing sales pitches for the titles for marketing team, writing new book proposals, preparing forward list, managing back list of academic titles
Chief Sub Editor, Down to Earth
Centre for Science and Environment
New Delhi
08.1999 - 09.2000
- Wrote and edited articles on environment, air pollution, water crisis, sustainable development practices
Senior Sub Editor
Hindustan Times
KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL
01.1999 - 12.1999
- Worked on the newsdesk, edited news articles, wrote feature stories
Sub Editor
The Telegraph, ABP Ltd
KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL
06.1994 - 12.1998
- Joined as a trainee, worked on the national newsdesk, edited articles, made pages, wrote feature stories
Education
Master of Arts - Political Science
Calcutta University
Kolkata, India 07.1990 - 07.1992
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Lady Brabourne College
Kolkata, India 07.1986 - 07.1990
High School Diploma -
Modern High School For Girls
Kolkata, IndiaSkills
Editng, writing, ideating, commissioning, information-gathering, researching, interviewing
undefinedTimeline
Senior Assistant Editor
The Telegraph, ABP Ltd
08.2005 - Current
Senior Editor
Oxford Unversity Press
08.2000 - 07.2005
Chief Sub Editor, Down to Earth
Centre for Science and Environment
08.1999 - 09.2000
Senior Sub Editor
Hindustan Times
01.1999 - 12.1999
Sub Editor
The Telegraph, ABP Ltd
06.1994 - 12.1998
Master of Arts - Political Science
Calcutta University
07.1990 - 07.1992
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Lady Brabourne College
07.1986 - 07.1990
High School Diploma -
Modern High School For Girls