Ira Alok Puranik

Working with the English Team of Money9. Actively creating podcasts, articles and videos on personal finance for this upcoming platform.

Writing and reporting on personal finance

Part of a diverse cohort consisting of 30 fellows and journalist-entrepreneurs from across 15 nations. Pursuing this virtual 3-month fellowship conducted by the Craig-Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY to broaden my understanding of developing effective niche media products like newsletters, podcasts, and more. Started writing Financial Foofi

Work on stories around new tech, crypto, personal finance and more from a gender, women-focused lens

• Reported extensively across the domains of Personal finance, Crypto, Blockchain, New Tech and Startups.
• Link to published work : https://linktr.ee/IraPuranik

• Developed courses, scripts, and outlines for various financial courses developed by the company in the Investing domain.
• Wrote Voice-overs and visualized and conceptualized animations and other elements to enhance the overall audio-visual appeal of the course.

• Worked with a dynamic cohort of 30+ exceptional teen leaders to help them combat and address issues like online bullying, mental health and more by means of art during the course of this fellowship run in partnership with Instagram.
• The fellows developed thought-provoking artwork and content through IG platforms to initiate discussions on these topics

• Proofread, researched, and evaluated stories for published stories on daily basis.
• Developed range of relationships with government agencies, business, and industry leaders to stay on top of breaking news.
• Covered Budget and General Elections, 2019

• Was amongst 8 best outstanding performers out of more than 100 Fellows.
• Created content calendar and photo essays for 6 months for MagicBus