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Nida Afrin

New Delhi

Summary

Organised and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Presently I’m working with the Hindustan Times’ GenNext paper ‘HT School’ edition as Chief Content Curator. Apart from selecting stories, editing and rewriting, job includes headlining the news stories, page making, clearing and ensuring an error-free page that adheres to the daily release deadline.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Chief Content Curator

Hindustan Times
03.2015 - Current
  • Searching for student-centric stories
  • Selecting photos, providing headlines, and captions
  • Page making, ensuring error-free pages meeting daily release deadlines
  • Actively engage in collaboration and coordination with my colleagues, publishers for book reviews, and other departments such as photo library, design team and CPT, to ensure the seamless operation of our edition.
  • Covering events and writing stories and features for special pages.

Chief Sub-editor

The Pioneer
11.2007 - 03.2015
  • Prepared, rewrote, and edited pieces to improve readability and impact.
  • Determined readiness of written pieces, made changes, and approved final versions for publication.
  • Reviewed articles for grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, accuracy, and compliance with quality standards.
  • Responsible for Nation, State, and World pages
  • Occasionally anchored outstation editions (Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi)

Education

Master of Arts - Public Administration

IGNOU
New Delhi

Post Graduate Diploma - Mass Communication

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Delhi

Bachelor of Arts - History And Political Science

Delhi University
New Delhi, India

Office And Account Assistant Computer Courses

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
New Delhi

Skills

  • Scan the agencies and make a list of relevant stories
  • Layout formatting and ensuring that pages are visually appealing and easy to read
  • Copy editing, page making, give catchy headlines and provide informative captions and graphics
  • I have extensive experience using Methode, InDesign, QuarkXpress and workflow as well as various other working tools and software
  • Fast learner, observant and capable of multi tasking
  • Ensure timely deliveries of the assigned tasks

Certification

  • Online training - Introduction to Digital Journalism, Reuters


Timeline

Chief Content Curator

Hindustan Times
03.2015 - Current

Chief Sub-editor

The Pioneer
11.2007 - 03.2015

Master of Arts - Public Administration

IGNOU

Post Graduate Diploma - Mass Communication

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Bachelor of Arts - History And Political Science

Delhi University

Office And Account Assistant Computer Courses

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Nida Afrin