Noyon Jyoti Parasara
HIGHLIGHTS
Ø Experience in both print and electronic media
Ø Reviewed movies for AOL India for two and half years
Ø Team player and have also handled a team
Ø Post Graduate in Mass Communication
Ø Passionate about movies and film making
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ø Input Editor, Sanskriti Media and Entertainment, Mumbai from April 25, 2007 till current date
As the Input Editor I have been responsible for the collective content generated by my team. My profile includes reporting on Bollywood and entertainment – both print and electronic.
I have written for publications such as Mail Today, DNA, AOL.in, Filmnirvana.com, Masala.com, Business Emirates 24X7, Free Press Journal, The Hindu, The Deccan Chronicle, The Asian Age, The Telegraph, Afternoon, Navbharat Times, The Times of India, Digital Studio, Yuva etc. I have also been reviewing Hindi movies for AOL India for over two years.
The video section includes shooting makings for films like Tera Kya Hoga Johnny, Sankat City and others. I have also covered events and stories for Adlabs, Filmnirvna.com, TV Today network and Big Music.
Ø Sub Editor, MiD DAY Bangalore, from Jan 1, 2007 to March 20, 2007
I edited stories and also laid pages on Quark Express.
OTHER EXPERIENCES
Ø Free lance Producer, Red Chillies Idiot Box, Mumbai
I have done one off projects for Red Chillies when they needed free lance producers. I have got my name on their hit show Knights and Angels.
Ø Trainee, TV today network, Mumbai, November 2006
I reported on various beats including entertainment and crime. Filed stories and sat for edits, also learning a bit of Incite editing suite.
Ø Trainee, The New Indian Express, Bangalore, March – April 2006
I was a part of the features desk as well as the news desk. I wrote Features, covered events, came up with story ideas and wrote reports from press releases. Work also included interacting with PR agencies.
Ø Intern, Minglebox.com, 2006
I worked as a social media executive and facilitated in getting more users for the site right after it was launched. I was the first to get 250 users for them along the batch of ‘Super Minglers’ the company had recruited.
Ø Co-editor, Career and College Planner 2006
I researched, edited content and laid the pages for the magazine, which provided details of competitive exams held across India for students after 10+2 exams.
Ø Trainee, Action Aid India, Guwahati, October – November 2005
I worked on programs for homeless people and street children; also prepared a plan for an event to help raise funds and cloths for street children.
Ø Surveying Assistant, Research View, Bangalore, October, 2004
I interviewed managers of various companies to complete questionnaires aimed to find out the most powerful corporate CEO in India. This survey was undertaken by Research View, a market survey organisation, on behalf of The Economic Times.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
MA in Mass Communication from Convergence Institute of Media Management and IT Studies (Commits), Bangalore
I specialized in Audio Visual Communication, which includes journalism and production. As a part of the course I worked on short films, documentaries, news stories, radio features, and college newspapers. The syllabus also required us to study marketing, media management and PR as well enabling us to understand the functioning of any media organization.
BA Journalism Administrative Management College, Bangalore
I studied English, Journalism and Economics as a part of the course.
AWARDS AND ACHIVEMENTS
Ø First Prize in Radio Express category in the national level Express Awards ’07, from Manipal Institute of Communication.
Ø Nominated in Documentary Express category in the national level Express Awards ’07 for team documentary made as a part of college syllabus.
Ø First prize in Report Writing in Mount Carmel College’s national level inter college festival ‘CUL AH’, 2005
Ø Second prize street play in ‘CUL AH’ 2005
COMPUTER LITERACY
Ø Adobe Photoshop, Image Ready and Corel Draw
Ø Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash
Ø Basics of Final Cut Pro, Ulead, Incite
INTERESTS:
Ø Photography, Movies
LANGUAGE:
Ø English, Assamese, Hindi, Bengali
DATE OF BIRTH:
Ø June 30, 1983