Shalabh Anand Bajpai
Kanpur
Summary
Dynamic Senior Correspondent with extensive experience at Dainik Bhaskar, adept at generating compelling stories and building strong media relationships. Proven leadership in managing teams and excelling in news reporting, with a keen ability to engage audiences through innovative content and effective public relations strategies.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Correspondent
Dainik Bhaskar
New Delhi
05.2021 - Current
- Developed connections with public relations contacts, providing exemplary sources for news stories.
- Cultivated relationships with sources and key figures in local area to reliably produce top-notch news coverage.
- Monitored social media for emerging news trends and sources.
- Presented local news and feature reports in public radio style on both local and national news programs.
- Revised work to meet editorial approval or fit time or space requirements.
- Ensured compliance with all relevant regulations, policies and procedures.
- Gathered information and developed perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews and observation.
- Maintained an up-to-date knowledge of political developments by reading newspapers and other publications regularly.
- Employed reporting expertise to connect public with key points.
- Attended press conferences to gather information about current topics of interest.
- Reviewed raw footage prior to editing process and identified potential clips for inclusion in stories.
- Supervised a team of correspondents in the field and provided guidance on assignments.
Senior Correspondent
DNA (Daily News and Analysis)
08.2019 - 10.2019
- Generating stories related to celebs
- Interviewing celebs
- Writing fashion based stories related to latest trends
- Writing gossips
- Covering events/Page3 parties
Senior Correspondent
Dainik Bhaskar
Chandigarh and Delhi
11.2017 - 07.2019
- Generating city centric stories
- Writing feature stories on Campus, Entertainment and lifestyle
- Writing feature stories on Fashion
- Covering Page 3 Parties and Events
- Generating stories from Page 3 parties
Senior Content Writer/Editor
Hindusthan News Digital
01.2016 - 10.2017
- Generating stories on Entertainment, Politics, writing feature articles
- Coordinating with Star cast, PR Agencies and Production houses across India
- Coordinating with clients for smooth transaction of entertainment content
- Uploading stories and handling the website
Correspondent-Sub-Editor
Ready TO Wear, Round The World Fashion Magazine
01.2011 - 01.2016
- Company Overview: RTW is India's first Fashion Trends and Forecasting magazine
- With a specific focus on highlighting Indian designers, brands and fashion trends in international markets and vice versa, RTW features all the fashion weeks of the world and has been associated as MEDIA & PROMOTIONS PARTNER with some of the biggest fashion trade fairs such as EXPO RIVA ITALY (Indian Edition), WHO'S NEXT PRET A PORTER PARIS (Paris), PITTI IMMAGINE, MILANO UNICA (Italy) and LAKME FASHION WEEK (INDIA)
- RTW today is being seen as a fashion information provider and is distributed to all members of the Indian fashion fraternity including domestic and international buyers, designers, garment exporters and trade experts
- Taking care of overall activities of Content Production & Desk
- Assign stories to reporters
- Responsibility for the output
- Leading a team of 10 people
- Training of the journalists / fresher
- RTW is India's first Fashion Trends and Forecasting magazine
- With a specific focus on highlighting Indian designers, brands and fashion trends in international markets and vice versa, RTW features all the fashion weeks of the world and has been associated as MEDIA & PROMOTIONS PARTNER with some of the biggest fashion trade fairs such as EXPO RIVA ITALY (Indian Edition), WHO'S NEXT PRET A PORTER PARIS (Paris), PITTI IMMAGINE, MILANO UNICA (Italy) and LAKME FASHION WEEK (INDIA)
- RTW today is being seen as a fashion information provider and is distributed to all members of the Indian fashion fraternity including domestic and international buyers, designers, garment exporters and trade experts
Correspondent
The Times of India
Kanpur-Lucknow
01.2004 - 01.2011
- Maintaining good relations with people of repute in the city
- Taking interviews of Celebrities
- Writing articles for page 1
- Writing features stories on hard as well as soft issues
- Planning and writing for a feature supplement with a frequency of five days a week
- Conceptualizing and interviewing celebrities visiting Kanpur and nearby cities
- Some of my Bollywood interviewees are: Dev Anand, Priyanka Chopra, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Shaan, Yana Gupta, Riya Sen, Mohd
- Azharrudin, Mohd Kaif, etc
- And Hollywood interviewees are, Vin Diesel, Daniel Craig, David Duchovny and Adam Sandaller
- Special and exclusive stories related to high profile circuit of the city
- Maintaining, coordinating and interviewing city celebrities and high profile crowd
- Meeting youth and writing their views on various issues
- Attending and writing for page3 parties and personalities
- Conceptualizing and drafting new columns and snippets from time to time to promote our supplement amongst the youth and advertisers
- More than 600 bylines in The Times of India, Kanpur
- More than 90 stories including front-page carried in all editions of the TOI pullout
- Have done two full-page exclusives for TOI Kanpur
- Have interviewed many Hollywood celebrities
Education
Master of Arts - English Literature
DAV College
Kanpur04-2004
Bachelor of Arts -
KanpurUniversity
Manohar Lal Mahavidyalaya04-2002
10+2 -
Kendriya Vidalaya
Kanpur10th -
Kendriya Vidalaya
KanpurJapanese Language certificate -
IIT
KanpurSkills
- Leadership Skills
- News reporting
- Interviewing techniques
- Content editing
- Social media monitoring
- Public relations
- Story generation
- Research skills
- Event coverage
- Audience engagement
- News writing
- Multimedia storytelling
- Live reporting
- Media Contacts
- Internal Communication Skills
- External Communication Skills
- Brand Building Skills
- People Management
- Team Building
- Journalism
- Computer Proficiency
- Writing
- Sub-editing
- Proof-reading
- Creative Design
- Ideation
- Conceptualization
- Creative Writing
- Social Media Networking
- Marketing
- Time Management
- Team Player
- Networking Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Client Handling
- Understanding of Media Functionality
Freelance Assignments
- Writing for a news portal, http://www.merinews.com
- Organizing and coordinating some page-3 events
- Hosted and Presented Public shows in Kanpur
- Done Photo shoots on Fashion, Food and Nature. Still (both indoor and outdoor) and studio photography with SLR Digital and Film Camera
- Write articles & Analysis of movies (Hindi and English)
Awards
- Successfully created a good networking with Bollywood PR agencies and stars
- Successfully got accreditation of major events and on location shoot permissions
- Best Cadet Award in NCC-Air Wing in year 1997
Hobbies and Interests
- Playing Video Games
- Reading
- Photography
- Traveling
Languages
English, Hindi, Japanese
Personal Information
- Father's Name: (Late) Wg. Cdr. Rama Shankar Bajpai (Rtd)
- Number of Children: 1
- Date of Birth: 08/16/1982
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Senior Correspondent
Dainik Bhaskar
05.2021 - Current
Senior Correspondent
DNA (Daily News and Analysis)
08.2019 - 10.2019
Senior Correspondent
Dainik Bhaskar
11.2017 - 07.2019
Senior Content Writer/Editor
Hindusthan News Digital
01.2016 - 10.2017
Correspondent-Sub-Editor
Ready TO Wear, Round The World Fashion Magazine
01.2011 - 01.2016
Correspondent
The Times of India
01.2004 - 01.2011
Master of Arts - English Literature
DAV College
Bachelor of Arts -
KanpurUniversity
10+2 -
Kendriya Vidalaya
10th -
Kendriya Vidalaya
Japanese Language certificate -
IIT
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