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Vacancies for Fresher and Young Journalist
Dear IIMCians,I have two vacancies for freshers and 1-2 yrs experience holders, as below:1) Basketball Federation of India (BFI) is looking for a Public Relation Intern for 3 months.Experience: 0-1 yrs in Public RelationsSalary: Rs. 10,000/- per month.Key Skills: Must have good knowledge in Sports, epecially in Basketball. Excellent in English and Computer.Office: South DelhiAfter 3 months, if both parties – BFI and the PR Intern – would like to continue, then it would lead to a full time job at a salary to be determined.2) Sports Illustrated, an internationally-reputed sports magazine, is looking for a Sub-Editor (preferebly female) for its Desk.Experience: 0-2 yrs in English JournalismSalary: as per market.Key Skills: Excellent in English Writing & Grammar and must have good Editing skills.Office: GurgaonPlease send you Resumes at animesh.cwg@gmail.com. Those who are not eligible, need not to send CVs.Regards,Animesh BiswasGeneral SecretaryIIMC Alumni Associationhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ IimcAlumniAssociation -
Job Opportunities With Sify.com in Chennai
There are a couple of desk openings with sify.com in Chennai. Following are the details of the profiles.If any of you is interested in applying please send in your resumes to Sarita Ravindranath, Editor, sify.com at: sarita.ravindranath@sifycorp.comPosition: Copy Editor/Senior Copy Editor for Sify Sports (http://sify.com/sports)
No of vacancies: 1
Skills: 0-4 years on the news desk of a newspaper, Television or Internet publication
A passion for sports and enthusiasm about cricket a must
Excellent writing, editing and communication skills
Strong news sense and ability to sell a story
Willingness to learn, to adapt to trends in the Internet medium
Responsibilities: Choose and edit the content that makes it to the sports section of sify.com
Coordinate coverage of sports events and decide on placement of stories on the home page
Anchoring Live event coverage – amending, updating various content elements as required
Drive increase in visitors to sify.com/sports
Write original content, edit copies, write headlines and photo captions
Drive promotion of sify.com content on social media networks
Position: Senior Copy Editor for Sify News (http://sify.com/news)
Skills: 2-4 years or more on the news desk of a newspaper, Television or Internet publication
Excellent writing and communication skills
Strong news sense and ability to sell a story
Willingness to learn, to adapt to trends in the Internet medium
Responsibilities: Choose and oversee the content that makes it to the news website of sify.com
Coordinate coverage of news events and decide on placement of stories
Drive increase in visitors to sify.com
Generate and assign story ideas to contributors, desk
Anchoring Live event coverage – amending, updating various content elements as required
Write original content, edit copies, write headlines and photo captions
Drive promotion of sify.com content on social media networks
Position: Copy Editor/Senior Copy Editor for Sify Movies (http://sify.com/movies)
Skills: 2-5 years on any desk of a newspaper, Television or Internet publication
Must be passionate about Indian and International movies
Excellent editing and writing skills – Ability to write featurish, fun copy and give smart headlines
Willingness to learn, to adapt to trends in the Internet medium
Responsibilities: Write original content, edit copies, write headlines and photo captions
Choose and edit the content for the movies website of sify.com
Coordinate coverage of movies-related chats, event-based specials and decide on placement for stories on the home page
Drive increase in visitors to Sify Movies
Drive promotion of Sify Movies content on social media networks
Position: Copy Editor/Senior Copy Editor for Sify Finance (http://sify.com/finance)
Skills: 2-4 years on the Business desk of a newspaper, Television or Internet publication
Must be a keen follower of developments in the financial world
Excellent writing and communication skills
Strong news sense and ability to sell a story
Responsibilities: Write original content, edit copies, write headlines and photo captions
Choose and edit the content for the Finance website of sify.com
Coordinate coverage of event-related specials and decide on placement for stories on the home page
Drive increase in visitors to Sify Finance
Drive promotion of Sify Finance content on social media networks
Position: Copy Editor, Sify Food (http://sify.com/food and http://sify.com/health)
Skills: 0-2 years on the Lifestyle desk of a newspaper, Television or Internet publication
Excellent writing and communication skills
Ability to write fun features and give smart headlines
Good networking and relationship management skills
Responsibilities: Write original content, edit copies, write headlines and photo captions
Do restaurant reviews, interviews
Organise online chats with experts in food, fitness and health
Choose and edit the content for the Health and Food sections of sify.com
Coordinate coverage of event-related specials and decide on placement for stories
Drive increase in visitors to Sify Food and Sify Health
Drive promotion of Sify.com content on social media networks
Thanks and Regards,
Sneha Bhattacharjee
General Secretary, IIMC Alumni Association, TN Chapterhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ IimcAlumniAssociation -
Vacancy: Coordinator, Community Media at OneWorld Foundation India
Position: Coordinator – Community Media
Job Location: New Delhi
Last date for application: 28th November, 2012
OneWorld Foundation India (OneWorld) is looking for a highly motivated and passionate candidate for the post of Coordinator – Community Media.
The candidate would support the Community and Social Media team of OneWorld to coordinate, advocate and build capacities of Community Radio Stations;
coordinate with stakeholders to organize workshops, consultations on Community Media; track and monitor projects; manage and update content on
the resource exchange platform and other community based audio-visual productions.
Location: The position will be based in New Delhi.
Minimum eligibility criterion
- Degree in Media or Communications or related disciplines from a reputed college/ University
- Prior working experience of 2-3 years with a Community Radio and Community Media organization is desirable
- Excellent understanding of Indian Community Radio domain, Community Media in South Asian region and Community Radio policy
- Good written and verbal skills in English and Hindi
Required skills: Interested candidates must possess the following skills:
- Effective Liaisioning and coordinating skills
- Ability to impart Community Radio and basic media literacy trainings and produce radio programmes
- Technical experience of using audio editing packages e.g. Nuendo/ Audacity/ Sound Forge or any other suite, and flash recorders will be a plus
- Ability to shoot and edit video in different editing suites e.g. Edius/ Final Cut Pro/ Adobe Premier or any other suite
- In-depth understanding of development issues
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with team members under tight deadlines
- Willingness to travel.
The key job responsibilities include:
- Coordinate and organise stakeholder workshops, consultation involving selected partners mainly Community Radio Stations and Community Based organizations
- Writing reports, manuals, maintain database of potential CR partners, prepare presentations and documentation of workshops/ consultations
- Liaison with ministries, departments and NGOs
- Undertake and coordinate research and evaluation activities
- Coordinate production of radio and video programmes
- Assists in all aspects of programme management
Remuneration: As per industry standards
How to apply:
Apply as soon as possible to recruit.owfi@oneworld.net with resume and cover letter. Applications without a cover letter will not be accepted.
Note: Please mark Coordinator – Community Media in the subject line.
Before applying please see following websites:
http://oneworld.net.in, http://southasia.oneworld.net and www.edaa.in
With best regards,
Tej Prakash Yadav
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M.P. Chapter: Amit President, Soumika General Secretary
The Alumni of IIMC in Madhya Pradesh met at DB Mall, Bhopal on 20th November. The following are the minutes of the meeting:
1. Office-Bearers: Madhya Pradesh Chapter formed in the meeting.
2. Monthly Meeting: The members decided to meet once in a week to strengthen and maintain the IIMC bond3. Social Work: It was decided that We will participate in social works in Bhopal.4. Indore Sub-Chapter: It was decided to have a Sub-Chapter in Indore to connect IIMCians of that zone. Mr. Gaurav Shrivastava has been appointed as the Coordinator for Indore Sub-Chapter. Mr. Shrivastava will soon organize the inception meeting in Indore to to form a committee of Indore Sub-Chapter. President and General Secretary of Indore Sub-Chapter would be ex-officio Vice-President and Secretary in the State Chapter Committee. Mr. Shrivastava is available at yourjournalist@gmail.com/ 94250-54206.Office Bearers Elected for Madhya Pradesh Chapter are as follows:-
President: Amit Pathe, HJ, 2010-11
Correspondent, Dainik Bhaskar, Bhopal
amitpathe@gmail.com/ 09993355948
Vice-president: Rashmi Chouhan, 2009-10 EJ, Dhenkanal
Sub-Editor, Times of India, Bhopal
7566638118/ rashmi.dau@gmail.com
General Secretary: Soumika Das, 2011-12, EJ, Dhenkanal
Sub-Editor, Hindustan Times, Bhopal
7389925090/ dsoumika13@gmail.com
Treasurer: Anurag Chaubey, 2011-12, EJ, New Delhi
Times of India, Bhopal
9584284814/ anuragchaubey11@gmail.com
IIMCians who have pledged full support but couldn’t attend the meet due to some unavoidable reasons:-
1. Deepti Chaurasia, HJ, New Delhi
2. Pallavi Bose, EJ, Dhenkanal
3. Shobha Shami, HJ, New Delhi
4. Yogesh Gautam, HJ, New Delhi
5. Ramani Ranjan Mahapatra– OJ, Dhenkanal
6. Mrinalika Roy– EJ, Dhenkanal
7. Pankaj Kumar– HJ, New Delhi
8. Sajeev Sharma– HJ, New Delhi
Thanks & Regards,
Soumika Das, General Secretary
IIMC Alumni Association, Madhya Pradesh Chapter
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IMP: Karnataka Chapter meeting in Bangalore on 25th November
Dear IIMCians,
The inception meeting of the Karnataka Chapter of IIMC Alumni Association will take place at Boca Grande, Near National Games Village, Koramangala, Bangalore on 25th November at 4.00 PM.IIMCians living/ working in Karnataka are requested to attend the first meeting of the chapter which will elect/ select the office bearers of this chapter.
For more details visit the Facebook Group of IIMC Alumni Association, Karnataka Chapter
https://www.facebook.com/groups/iimcaak/Thanks & Regards,
Harshendra VerdhanOrganisation SecretaryIIMC Alumni Association
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CPH2 Chapter: Alice President, Praveen General Secretary
Dear IIMCians,
We, the alumni of IIMC currently working in Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh met on the 17th of November, 2012, at Press Club, Chandigarh.
Alice Guram, from English Journalism, 1991-92 was unanimously elected as the President of the CPH2 Chapter. Rest of the office bearers are as follows.
President– Alice Guram
Vice President– Hindol Basu & Gajendra Singh Bhati
General Secretary– Praveen Kumar Dogra
Organisation Secretary– Kuldeep Mishra
Secretary– Rohan Kathpali/ Dadan Vishwakarma/ Lata Kashyap
Treasurer– Mahendra Kumar
Executive Committee– Radhe Krishna, Chaudhary Prashant Chahal, Inderjeet Yadav, Gunjan Sangwan & Saurabh Dwivedi
Future plan of action will be communicated by the office bearers.
Thanks & Regards,
Saurabh Dwivedi
Chapter Coordinator, CPH2
IIMC Alumni association
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Tamil Nadu Chapter: Amarnath President, Sneha General Secretary
The inception meeting of Tamil Nadu Chapter of IIMC Alumni Association took place on 18th November in Chennai.
Minutes of the meeting:
1) The meeting was attended by Amar Nath, Sneha Bhattacharjee, Hussain Kodinhi and Ezhilarasan.
2) Office bearers for the chapter chosen.
President: Amar Nath HJ 96-97
General Secretary: Sneha Bhattacharjee EJ 09-10
Treasurer: Hussain Kodinhi R&TV 04-053) The members have decided to meet on the second Saturday of every month. As of now, the next meeting of TN chapter has been fixed for December 16th.
4) Efforts are on to gather more IIMCians residing in Tamil Nadu
Thanks & Regards,Sneha BhattacharjeeGeneral Secretary, Tamil Nadu ChapterIIMC Alumni Associationhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ IimcAlumniAssociation -
IMP: Bihar Chapter meeting in Patna on 21st November
Dear IIMCians,
The inception meeting of the Bihar Chapter of IIMC Alumni Association will take place at Patliputra Ashok Hotel, Patna on 21st November at 4.00 to 6.00 PM. We are thankful to Mr. Rajiv Ranjan for arranging the venue.IIMCians living/ working in Bihar are requested to attend the first meeting of the chapter which will elect/ select the office bearers of this chapter.For more details please contact Chapter Coordinator Mr. Alok Kumar at alok.gupta2227@gmail.com/ 94310-01441Thanks & Regards,Harshendra VerdhanOrganisation SecretaryIIMC Alumni Association
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IMP: Madhya Pradesh Chapter meeting in Bhopal on 20th November
Dear IIMCians,
The inception meeting of the Madhya Pradesh Chapter of IIMC Alumni Association will take place at DB Mall, Bhopal on 20th November at 11.30 AM.IIMCians living/ working in Madhya Pradesh are requested to attend the first meeting of the chapter which will elect/ select the office bearers of this chapter and explore the ways to form a Sub-Chapter in Indore.For more details please contact Chapter Coordinator Ms. Soumika Das at dsoumika13@gmail.com/ 73899-25090
Thanks & Regards,Harshendra VerdhanOrganisation SecretaryIIMC Alumni Associationhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ IimcAlumniAssociation