Akshaya Nath

Asian College of Journalism, 2nd Main Rd, Tharamani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600113 Phone: +91 9952941755 E-Mail: akshayanath8@gmail.com Twitter: @Akshayanath Skype ID: akshayanath

Objective
To work with a progressive and top media organization that provides ample opportunity to apply and develop my knowledge and skills. To come up with innovative ideas and concepts, that assists the growth of the company and also cope up with the intense competition as well as the emerging trends and evernew vistas in the media industry.

Skills
Reporting and copy editing, Online/digital media tools and techniques, Writing for the web and SEO techniques, Live blogging & Twitter reporting, Multimedia storytelling, Data Visualization, Mobile reporting/editing/publishing, Social media news gathering and verification, Immersive storytelling and Interactive web documentary.

Experience
Anchored the election special for the news programe made for the Global news relay, a global news project conceptualized and conducted by the University of Salford. Also did a news story for the same programme. Have participated in two Global Pop-Up newsroom projects in which I was involved in Live-tweeting, reporting, and manned the command center. Live coverage of 'Conference on Media, Public Interest and Issues of Regulation: Indo-UK Perspective' organised by the Media Development Foundation, Panos South Asia and the British Deputy High Commission. Manned the command center Was involved in covering the DIGITAL MEDIA INDIA 2014 on behalf of WAN-IFRA. Live-Tweeted Managing various online platforms for WAN-IFRA during the event. Conducting interview of the speakers Pre and post editing content Live coverage of various events: Kerala Press Academy, SCARF and ACJ initiative - A panel discussion on Mental Health Reporting Bane or Boon?

Summer Internship - CNN/ IBN

Editing Uplinking the edited material Selection of sound effects for story Archiving Scripting

6th June 6th July, 2012

On field reporting under the guidance of the chief reporters.

 Collecting Vox-Pop's

Summer Internship Times Of India (Chennai Times)

Event coverage Page layout Feature writing Assist in editing Listing events

6th June 10th July, 2011

Works Published
Huffington Post: In India families struggle to find care for loved ones suffering from Dementia (11th November, 2013) The Hindu: Journalism on the go (5th December, 2013) Times of India: On a new trial (27th June, 2011) Times of India: Depths of colour (10th June, 2011)

Multimedia works
Global news relay: http://youtu.be/YRYCSTPGPuQ Scroll kit: http://www.scrollkit.com/s/k5YmB03 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/akshaya-nath/honalli-water-crisis https://soundcloud.com/akshaya-nath/nirmal-bharat-abiyan-a-scheme https://soundcloud.com/akshaya-nath/ossie-fernandes-talks-about Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJQB6RK6Ty4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjDIViOXvFY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GFqBj3E2UE Storify: https://storify.com/AkshayaNath Zeega: http://zeega.com/164531 Meograph: http://www.meograph.com/akshayanath/83205/looking-back-madiba Blog: http://akshayanath.wordpress.com/2013/12/14/213/

Education
Asian College of Journalism 2013 - 2014
A student at the Asian College of Journalism doing Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism (PGDJ) specializing in New Media (Digital) journalism. The course involved in-depth learning of the core journalistic skills and also looked into the various ways of presenting stories for online/digital platform. The course helped in understanding the need to create interactive story telling and capturing the interest of the readers in a multiple platforms.

M.O.P Vaishnav College For Women

2010 - 2013

B.A. Journalism with a third rank scoring 79.4% in college. The three-year programme helped in understanding and learning some of the key skills in Journalism.

Achievements and Extra-Curricular Activities

Received the Best Article Award in 2012 from M.O.P Vaishnav College for Women Completed workshop for creative writing in College level (2011) Participated & conducted A program on Cyber Crime Awarness in M.O.P CRS at College (2010) Coordinated and played the main role for a half an hour Malayalam voice drama for the All India Radio (2010) Disciple of Padmasri Chitra Visweswaran in Bharathanatyam from (2001)

CULTURAL / ARTS Secured 3rd place in Intercollegiate Stress Interview conducted in (2012) Got 2nd place in Sanskrit Quiz competition conducted in (2011) Secured 1st place in Sanskrit Dham Sharath Competition (2011) Secured 2nd place in Channel surfing for the Inter college Cultural fest of M O P Vaishnava College (2010) 3rd place in potpuri for the Inter college Cultural fest of M O P Vaishnava College (2010) Won 3rd prize for Inter School Cultural Group Dance (2009) Secured 2ND prize for Inter School Cultural Skitwit (2009) Won the 2nd prize in Sanskrit Natakotsavam conducted by D.Solar K.S S Trust Participated in Sanskrit Dramatics in State Level (2006) Participated in various dance programmes for the school in Primary, High School and Higher Secondary level.

SPORTS Won 1st place for the Inter departmental Throw Ball Match in M O P Vaishnava 2011 Participated in State Level Volley ball tournament in Vidyamandir Alumnae Association (2005 2008) Secured Certificates of Excellence in Sports for all the 3 categories Senior, Junior and Sub Junior level for Volley Ball, Throw Ball and Kho Kho. Secured Certificates of Excellence in Track Events of 100 mts, 200 mts and 4 x 100 mtrs Relay. Secured Certificates of Excellence in Field Events of Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shotput, Discuss Throw and Javelin Throw 3

LEADERSHIP QUALITIES Received the Gold cup for the best outstanding student (2010) Received the Gold cup for the best Captain (2010) House Captain of the School (2008 10). Captain of the School Volley ball and Throw Ball team (2007 2010)

Interests
Online/digital media, Environmental studies, Cinema, Health and Politics

Personal Profile
NAME : AKSHAYA NATH DATE OF BIRTH : 08/10/1992 GENDER : Female FATHERS NAME : Mr. P.Nadhan MOTHERS NAME : Mrs. Latha Nath LANGUAGES KNOWN : English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Malayalam & Tamil.

Reference
K.N.Arun, Professor Asian College of Jouralism +91 9840105491 kalyan.arun@gmail.com Devadas P Rajaraman, Professor Asian College of Journalism +91 9566273708 devadas.rajaram@gmail.com