Editor, writer, photographer
India
Editor, writer, photographer
India
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I have been a journalist for the last 13 years and done just about everything under the publication sun. From working in a weekly tabloid to a monthly magazine to a fortnightly tourist guide to a quarterly investment journal to a daily newspaper, it's been one long joyride.
After being the City Editor of MiD DAY, a daily tabloid in Bangalore, I now run Write Wing Media that is into custom publishing coffeetable books, magazines, brochures, newsletters, and syndicating content.
That aside, I also freelance as editor/writer/photographer for publications in India, US and Singapore. I am Consulting Editor for Travel & Shop, a fortnightly tourist guide in Bangalore besides working for The Elite Post and Workforce Management, America's award-winning magazine read by CEOs and CFOs the world over. Not to mention, SilverKris, the inflight magazine of Singapore Airlines.
I also regularly contribute to an American portal on digital photography and computers besides being a regular movie columnist for the in-flight magazine of Paramount Airways besides being on the advisory board of a newly-launched magazine on the South Indian film industry. I also contribute technology/gadgets pieces to The Man magazine (Malayala Manorama Group) and Mint, the business newspaper of The Wall Street Journal.
That apart, I do CEO profiles of tech companies for LIVE IT, a tech magazine brought out by the Delhi Press Group (Caravan, Alive, Women's Era), and do some travel writing for India Today Travel Plus.
If you have some interesting projects, feel free to mail me at zahidjavali[at]gmail[dot]com.
Reporting, editing, writing, research, analysis...
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
(Publishing industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
(Publishing industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Publishing industry)
November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
(Writing and Editing industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
(Publishing industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)
I write on movies and gadgets for this in-flight magazine of Paramount Airways.
(Publishing industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication , Print, radio, TV, advertising and PR , 1996 — 1997
Diploma , Freelance journalism (print, radio, TV, PR and advertising) , 1995 — 1996
PUC (Science) & BA , Journalism, Psychology, English , 1991 — 1996
Primary education , 1984 — 1986
Primary education ,
writing, music, jet skiing, movies, Internet surfing, meeting friends and making new ones too
South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA)
Caferati
Lightwalkers
Won the ‘writers of essays of distinction” award at the 2007 contest organised by the Iris Chang Memorial Fund
Was invited by Texas Instruments in 2003 to conduct a workshop on reporting and writing for their software engineers
Won a scholarship in 1996 for scoring well in my BA (JPEng) exams and doing well in extra curricular activities.
Was picked as Guest Editor for Indiranagar Times in 1995-96, a weekly neighbourhood newspaper even while I was chasing my degree in Journalism.
Was profiled as a young journalist by First Circle, a bi-monthly youth magazine brought out by First Computers in 1995
Won the FIRST PRIZE in a national essay writing contest by Competition Success Review in 1991
Won the FIRST PRIZE in a national 'Gems Bond Complete The Story' Contest by Tinkle comics in 1990
Secured 72% in the Senior General Knowledge & Intelligence Test held by the Central Institute of General Knowledge Learning in 1990