Tarkesh Jha

mid-day is one of Mumbai's leading tabloids.

My responsibilities:

· Starting from October 2022, I have been freelancing for their sports desk - having interviewed the likes of Chris Gayle, Patrick Kluivert, Luis Figo, Robert Pires, Gilberto Silva, Leander Paes. Dhanraj Pillay, actor Siddhant Chaturvedi, etc. All of these interviews have been published in mid-day's print editions.

· Worked daily from their office nd got acquainted with the newspaper design and production process during the FIFA World Cup 2022.

Priyank Panchal is an Indian professional cricketer and the captain of the Gujarat state team.

My responsibilities:

● Handling and creating the posts that go out on his social media accounts like Instagram and Twitter.

● Drafting his print interviews and working closely with him to create the framework of his overall social media activity.

Vikram Sathaye is a cricket presenter, anchor, talk show host and author with over two decades of experience in covering and creating content regarding cricket and other sports.

My responsibilities:

● Researching content and preparing questionnaire for his numerous corporate shows. Have worked on preparing the framework of his interviews with notable personalities like MS Dhoni, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult amongst many other cricketers.

Cricblog is a cricket website based out of Sydney, Australia.

My responsibilities:

● To curate SEO-rich news articles on a daily basis. Occasionally contribute with long-form features, Dream XI preview pieces.

Khel Now is one of India's most popular new-age sports websites.

My responsibilities:

● I have been the correspondent for Mumbai City FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) for the company. Covered the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in October 2022 as an officially accredited journalist.

● My daily work comprises of writing articles on press conferences, attending ISL matches as a reporter, interviewing players and doing live text commentary for important games.

● I have written over 600 articles including exclusives, press conferences, match analysis, etc for Khel Now.

Ajinkya Rahane is the former vice-captain of the Indian men's cricket team.

My responsibilities:

● Curating posts for his social media account along with his internal team.

● Writing his interviews, publishing promotional articles on different websites.

● Providing my inputs on his overall media engagement.

Swarajya Magazine is based out of Bengaluru and produces articles on toppics like politics, infrastructure, economy, culture amongst others.

My responsibilities:

● Working as a news writer to publish multiple important and brief articles on a daily basis. I usually curated news articles on topics related to infrastructure, economy, technology, politics and other burning issues gathering traction on the internet.

Sportskeeda is one of the most popular new-age sports websites based out of India.

My responsibilities:

● I have written 99 articles for Sportskeeda and garnered a cumulative readership of 1.85 million. Have interviewed Sanjana Ganesan, Seema Jaswal, Novy Kapadia and been promoted to Senior Analyst by the website.

Firstpost is an Indian news and media website. The site is a part of the Network 18 media conglomerate owned by Reliance Industries, which also runs CNN-News18 and CNBC-TV18.

My responsibilities:

● I wrote for Firstpost for a brief period as a freelancer and penned a few feature articles related to economic issues of the post Covid-19 world.

The Premier League Next Gen Mumbai Cup was a youth tournament of the top Indian and English clubs conducted in collaboration by the English Premier League (EPL) and Indian Super League (ISL).

My responsibilities:

● Covered this tournament as a writer-reporter for Reliance’s content team. Wrote match reports from the site of the games in Navi Mumbai that were circulated to media houses as the official press release of the ISL.

Fancode is a sports commerce website and application that is engaged in sports-related content, commerce, statistics, streaming, etc.

My responsibilities:

● Writing Dream XI preview articles of both domestic and international cricket matches on a daily basis.

Cricxtasy is a rapidly-growing cricket website headquartered in Kochi.

My responsibilities:

● Writing long-form feature articles on cricket concerned mainly around the recent developments taking place in the sport.

What The Duck with Vikram Sathaye is a ‘YouTube Original’ talk-show where Vikram Sathaye interviews a host of international cricketers for several episodes in every season.

My responsibilities:

● Researching content and prepraring questionnaire for the guests in the show.

●Worked in close quarters with several personalities like Anil Kumble, Virender Sehwag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shreyas Iyer, and Shaun Pollock amongst others who graced WTD that year.

Mad About EPL is an website that focuses on covering the English Premier League.

My responsibilities included:

● Mad About EPL provided me my first break in content writing back when I was 15-years-old. Though a relatively low-profile portal, working for them on articles related to the English Premier League (EPL) helped me develop a knack of churning out pieces on a consistent basis.