about
I am a digital journalist and a builder of web things.
Currently, I am a news apps developer at The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Previously, I worked with the investigative team at The Palm Beach Post where I got to make data queries for health stories, make news apps about politics and scrape public data. Sometimes, I also got to make baseball cards with the faces of council members.
Before that, I was a Google Journalism Fellow at Poynter where I reported on the media industry, highlighting innovation and technology in journalism.
A strong believer of the power of technology and a big fan of the term ‘new media,’ I believe in telling multimedia stories that are not limited to the 800-word format. After all, the digital space is an interactive one, and it is best when kept that way. I am a 2015 graduate of Columbia Journalism School, where I graduated with honors.
selected work
Find below some selected samples of my work. A list of all my written and visual stories can be found here.
résumé
Find below an exhaustive version of my résumé. A shorter downloadable PDF can be found here.
Work Experience
News Apps Developer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Milwaukee, Wisconsin / April 2016 - Present
Data/Investigative Intern, The Palm Beach Post; West Palm Beach, Florida / September 2015 - March 2016
Worked as part of a 10-person investigative team at the paper. Responsibilities included reporting, making public records requests, web scraping, cleaning and analyzing data sets. Collaborated with reporters on an investigation about addiction in South Florida. Created digital presentation elements for investigative packages. Link to Articles
Google Journalism Fellow, Poynter; Saint Petersburg, Florida / July 2015 - September 2015
Selected as one of 11 Google journalism fellows from over 1,400 applicants. Reported on the media industry, focusing on innovation and technology in journalism. Designed and developed interactives on deadline, adding visual elements to timely news. Link to Articles
Chief Web Editor, DU Beat; New Delhi, India / June 2013 - April 2014
Largest student media outlet in India with a focus on 87 colleges of Delhi University.
Led a team of 25 correspondents to generate, collate and promote news content for dubeat.com. Worked intensively for in-depth admissions, university elections and student festival coverage. Achieved a 400% increase in page views in 6 months. Led the social media strategy to establish the brand’s presence on Twitter/Instagram and grow a Facebook community of 11,000 to 60,000 in 8 months. Link to Articles
Editorial Intern, NDTV Gadgets; New Delhi, India / May - June 2013 and May - June 2012
News website reporting on the technology industry in India.
Wrote about events pertaining to technology including detailed analysis of the announcements made during WWDC 2013, E3 2013 and Computex 2012/13. Wrote mobile and app reviews and did product photography, device database creation and tracked news wires. Link to Articles
Freelance Writer, Social Samosa; New Delhi, India / May 2013 - September 2014
Website focusing on the analysis of the social media industry in India.
Used online tools such as Unmetric, Explic8 and Simplify 360 to analyze social media strategies of over 20 Indian brands. Wrote features focusing on particular social media campaigns. Wrote a 60-page ebook on the social media strategy of leading automobile brands in India. Link to Articles
Guest Contributor, Times Internet; New Delhi, India / October 2013
Contributed guest posts about technology and education for the Indian chapters of Gizmodo and Business Insider. Extensively reported on the Four Year Undergraduate Program controversy at Delhi University.
Education
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York
M.S. Journalism / August 2014 - May 2015
Graduated with honors, a distinction given to the top 10 percent of students. Coursework in cross-border investigations and interactive storytelling for the web, with a focus on data journalism. Scraped and analyzed requests received for Citi Bike stations. Developed two interactive web projects - Snapchat’s move towards revenue, and net neutrality in India. Wrote a 5,000-word story on a hardware startup run by Dutch entrepreneurs in New York City.
Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, India
B.A. (Hons.) Journalism / 2011 - 2014
Made a six-minute video documentary on the displacement of Kathputli colony - a slum complex near Shadipur in New Delhi, India. Wrote an undergraduate thesis titled - Technology Journalism in the American Online Media: Reporting matters of money. products and policy. President of the Journalism Students’ Association. Developed the department website to achieve greater level of interactivity and engagement.