Nisha Chittal

Current

Online Analyst at New Media Strategies
Contributing Blogger at AOL's Lemondrop.com
Associate Editor at CitizenJane Politics

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Past

Business Development at AIESEC United States, Inc.
Columnist, Online Producer, Editorial Board Member at UniversityChic.com
Intern at Read/WriteWeb

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Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Nisha Chittal’s Summary

Nisha Chittal is a writer, blogger, and new media consultant fascinated by the intersection of media, politics, and the internet. She has over three years of experience editing & writing about politics and technology for the web at a variety of online publications and blogs.

Her work has been featured in AOL's Lemondrop.com, ReadWriteWeb, EuropeanCourier.org, WashingtonPost.com, and NPR.org. She has interviewed former White House officials, authors, pundits, and Congressional candidates. She has also worked on online communications strategy for Fortune 500 corporations, authors, Congressional candidates, and writers.

She first got her start in online media in 2006, writing political columns for a popular website for college women. She currently works as an Online Analyst at New Media Strategies, and serves as Associate Editor of CitizenJanePolitics.com, where she reported on the 2008 presidential elections, and is a contributing blogger on women’s issues for AOL's Lemondrop.com. She also writes about politics, new media, women’s issues, and Middle Eastern politics on her personal blog, Politicoholic.

Her website is NishaChittal.com.

Nisha Chittal’s Specialties:

online media, international affairs, Middle Eastern studies, writing and editing, new media, social media, political journalism,communications, internet communications, online communications, political organizing, online advocacy, grassroots organizing

Nisha Chittal’s Experience

Online Analyst

New Media Strategies

(Public Company; MDP; Marketing and Advertising industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Contributing Blogger

AOL's Lemondrop.com

(Online Media industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)
Associate Editor

CitizenJane Politics

(Online Media industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Business Development

AIESEC United States, Inc.

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2007 — June 2009 (1 year 10 months)
Columnist, Online Producer, Editorial Board Member

UniversityChic.com

(Writing and Editing industry)

2006 — June 2009 (3 years )
Intern

Read/WriteWeb

(Online Media industry)

January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)