EDUCATION Brown University, Junior, May 2010, B.A. International Relations Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA (2002 – 2005), GPA: 4.3 EXPERIENCE The Brown Daily Herald, Metro Editor, July 2008-Present (up to 20 hours/week) • Assign and edit up to eight stories a week, connecting neighborhood, city and state news to the Brown community • Write occasional stories about environmental and public transportation in the state • Leading a comprehensive election-day coverage of polling places, watch parties and campaign headquarters in Providence on Nov. 4 • Will serve as an Associate editor (January 2009 – December 2009) The Brown Daily Herald, Staff Writer and Senior Staff Writer, October 2006-July 2008 • Wrote two stories a week, covering downtown Providence and City Council meetings • Covered presidential campaign rallies in Rhode Island INTERNSHIP The Providence Journal, General Assignment Intern at the North and West Bay Bureaus (May 2008 – August 2008) • Wrote up to 5 stories a week and made routine cop checks • Started with high school graduation stories and valedictorian profiles and quickly moved on to cover town council meetings and write centerpiece stories for the section’s front page • Covered a murder trial in June, filing stories on deadline everyday for nearly 2 weeks PROGRAMS AND TRAINING The Chips Quinn Scholars Program (2008) • Attended a four-day pre-internship training at the Newseum in Washington D.C. in May Multimedia Training at the Diversity Institute in Nashville, TN (August 2008) • Attended a week-long multimedia training program • Learned to create audio slideshows using Audacity and videos using Final Cut OTHER EXPERIENCE South Asian Journalists Association, Member (November 2007 – Present) Writing Fellow (September 2007 – Present) (10 hours/week) • One of 35 students selected from a group of about 300 to become a peer writing tutor • Read papers of students in both arts and science classes, helping them improve their writing and argumentative skills Awaaz, The South Asian Journal of Arts, Contributor and Managing Editor, (September 2006- Present) • Headed the editing team on a weekly basis (3 hours/week) • Responsible for raising awareness about the Journal on campus and soliciting submissions SKILLS Proficient in MS Office, MS Windows and Internet technologies (RSS, Blogs, Social Media) Fluent in Hindi, basic knowledge of Spanish ACTIVITIES Brown Badmaash Dance Company, Member, (September 2006- Present) Teaching Assistant for Hindi (September 2006-Present) Won several first and second place awards at city and state level in Declamation, Original Oratory, Extemporaneous Speaking, and Oral Interpretation of Literature