Hemani Bhandari

Email: hemani25@gmail.com Twitter: @hemanibhandari Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hemani.bhandari Wordpress blog: hemanibhandari.wordpress.com Permanent Address: 124-A, Pocket J & K, Dilshad Garden, New Delhi- 110095 Current Address: Asian College of Journalism, Chennai 600113 Mobile: 099402 34792

Summary: A student of post graduate diploma in journalism at Asian College of Journalism (2013-2014) and graduated with honors in English from University of Delhi in 2013. I have interned with the Press Trust of India and The Times of India. I seek assignments in the field of journalism, where I can use my inherent and acquired skills.

Core Skills: Reporting News/Content writing Feature writing Creative writing New Media tools and techniques Social media journalism

Professional Experience & Achievements: 2011 July Intern at The Press Trust of India, New Delhi General Desk 2012 June Intern at The Times of India, New Delhi City Reporting (Beat: Education) 2013 Edited Love your Mondays & Retire Young by Siddhartha Sharma (Published by SAGE Publications) 2013 Editor-in-Chief of Literati (English Departments annual magazine of Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi) Link to the online version: http://issuu.com/shreygupta/docs/literati13/5

Education: Pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in New Media Journalism, Asian College of Journalism, 20132014. B.A (Honors) in English, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, 2010-2013.

Courses taken at Asian College of Journalism New Media Projects: Worked as a reporter for Pop-Up Newsroom, a mobile journalism project on covering economic inequality which was carried out in participation with California State University, USA and Newcastle University, UK in November 2013. Link to the coverage: http://tinyurl.com/lcs62h6 Worked as a political reporter for Global News Relay, a 12-hour news relay hosted by University of Salford in March 2014 wherein 10 universities from across the world broadcast their productions online. Link to the coverage: http://tinyurl.com/qcosag8 Training in other streams: During first term of the diploma, students were trained in print, television and radio journalism. Dissertation: Completed a dissertation on Being a Woman Journalist in Indian Media wherein a wide range of pros and cons of being a woman journalist in Indian English Media in todays time is discussed at length along with solutions if there is room for any. The topic broadly looks at failures and successes at three fronts, that is, family, field and the organization they work for.

Electives:

Making Sense of Politics: To understand the functioning of political system in India and the democratic institutions like parliament, state assemblies and local bodies and their relationship with the other arms like executive and judiciary.

Journalism for Development: To understand, report and cover trauma disaster, conflict, destruction and disease and lives affected by these, with appropriate terminologies, images and ethics along with efforts to facilitate positive change and development.

Understanding Gender: To see, observe and report how ways of seeing, reporting and representing are gendered; why these ways have to be unlearnt or re-learnt, in the interests of equality and justice.

Covering Deprivation: A weeks trip to Ramnathapuram district of Tamil Nadu to explore the nuances of rural reporting wherein the students were exposed to a completely unknown environment to cover stories centric

to rural section of that region. I covered stories pertaining to agriculture, education and livelihood in the villages of Ramnathapuram district. Link to stories that I covered: Paddy crop failure: http://hemanibhandari.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/hope-for-survival/ Success of Activity Based Learning: http://hemanibhandari.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/school-isa-happy-place-to-be/ Acute water-shortage: http://hemanibhandari.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/a-struggle-for-basicsconsequence-of-prawn-farms/ Investigative- Journalism Project: Employers in every profession have moved towards contract employment; news organizations are not out of the loop. During the investigative project, I scrutinized the contracts which the journalists are expected to sign before recruitment.

Personal Details: Date of Birth: July 2, 1992

Interests: Political reporting, covering development issues, feature articles.

Languages: English Excellent Hindi Excellent

Web/ Published Content: Article on December 16 Gang Rape Case published in India Resists: http://tinyurl.com/kjnwq8s Article on the Aam Aadmi Party: http://www.indiaresists.com/aap-and-the-erstwhile-janata-party/ Articles in The Times of India: 1. A feature on eateries in North Campus, University of Delhi: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhi-University-Few-seats-but-foodaplenty/articleshow/14539969.cms

2. A report during admissions in University of Delhi in 2012: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/DU-admissions-Parents-shoulderaspirants-burden/articleshow/14418781.cms 3. A report during admissions in University of Delhi in 2012: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/ECA-trials-Gird-up-forbattle/articleshow/14365804.cms 4. A report during admissions in University of Delhi in 2012: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Hell-breaks-loose-after-counter-opens-2-hrslate/articleshow/14252411.cms 5. A report during admissions in University of Delhi in 2012: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/PG-diploma-in-computer-applicationsdiscontinued/articleshow/14191835.cms Wordpress Blog: http://hemanibhandari.wordpress.com/ References: Shemin Joy, Principal Correspondent, Deccan Herald, New Delhi Contact:098182 66199 Siddhartha Sharma, Author Love Your Mondays & Retire Young, Founder and Director Success Monks Contact: 09891 405549 Kalyan Arun, Assistant Professor, Asian College of Journalism Contact: 098401 05491