Tejas Patel

Current

Senior News Producer - Internet at NewsX

Past

Assistant Editor (Special Projects) at NDTV Convergence
Researcher at Janmat Television
Research Assistant at University of Queensland Social Research Centre

News Reporter at ETV News
Trainee News Correspondent at The Asian Age

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Education

The University of Queensland
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

St. Joseph ET High School, Bilimora

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Tejas Patel’s Summary

Packaging web content: Packaging quality news content in all the categories (Nation/World/Business/Sports/Technology) for the Internet.

Content specific micro-sites: Conceptualizing, developing and creating content for issue/event/incident specific micro-sites. (India's Wars, Rising Russia, Web 2.0, India at crossroads, EU Project).

Editorial integrity: Maintaining highest level of editorial integrity while covering news.

Tejas Patel’s Specialties:

World News, Indian Foreign Policy, Terrorism, Peace and Conflict studies, Indian military studies, Indian National politics

Tejas Patel’s Experience

Senior News Producer - Internet

NewsX

(Online Media industry)

December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Assistant Editor (Special Projects)

NDTV Convergence

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

May 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 8 months)
Researcher

Janmat Television

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

September 2005 — April 2006 (8 months)
Research Assistant

University of Queensland Social Research Centre

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Research industry)

July 2003 — August 2005 (2 years 2 months)
News Reporter

ETV News

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

September 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 7 months)
Trainee News Correspondent

The Asian Age

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)

March 2001 — August 2001 (6 months)

Tejas Patel’s Education

The University of Queensland

M.Phil , Political Science , 2003 — 2005

My M.Phil project tested Johan Galtung’s claims that news coverage of conflict gives more prominence to violent news stories and magnify the conflict. The India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir was chosen as a case study to empirically test Galtung’s claims.
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

MCS , Journalism and Communication , 1999 — 2001

Areas covered in the course: Communication Research, Print Journalism, Electronic Media, Photo Journalism, Audio-Visual Production, Advertising & Public Relations, Media Planning, Media Law and Media Management.

Activities and Societies:

Represented the Faculty of Journalism and Communication in the University Student's Union for the year 2000-2001
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

B.Com , Commerce, Accounting, Economics , 1996 — 1999
St. Joseph ET High School, Bilimora