Multi-skilled digital journalist who reports, produces, edits video stories under deadline. Newly acquired web 2.0 skills. Journalist brings multicultural, multilingual experiences from East Africa and South Asia to U.S. and global news.

Professional Experience

Freelance Video Projects
Rehabilitation program for drug and alcohol offenders. Butte, MT

Maternal Life International – Butte, MT April 2010 – September 2010
Media producer: Developed multimedia stories on reducing deaths of pregnant women in Sierra Leone.

KXLF-TV (CBS) – Butte, MT October 2006 – December 2008
General assignment reporting including field producing, videography, writing, editing, on-air delivery of daily news reports. Proven on-air success led to additional duties as news producer and anchor of evening, primetime newscasts.

General Assignment Reporter
• Produced average 3 stories daily for weekday news shows.
• Delivered live news from the field and studio.
• Produced local, state and national economic and political stories.
• Reported on presidential candidates’ campaign visits during 2008 U.S. general
  elections.
• Interviewed then presidential candidate Obama on securing Montana votes.
• Lead reporter for Montana’s economic summit held by U.S. Senator Max Baucus.
• Interviewed Bill Gates about promoting Montana business overseas.
• Reported on international trade missions.
• Produced investigative series on dangers of avalanches.
• Boosted volunteer firefighter numbers after story showed their role in fighting fires.
• Reported on post-election violence deaths in Kenya, story triggered donations from
  Montana.

News Producer/Anchor
• Co-produced and delivered engaging, conversational newscasts as co-anchor for 2,
  5:30 p.m. weekday newscasts.
• Produced and presented 30-minute newscasts as a solo anchor for 10 p.m. Friday
  newscast.

Host
• Researched, identified guests, prepared questions and moderated at least 6 half-hour
  statewide discussion shows.

India West – San Leandro, CA May 2005 – September 2006
Reporter covering San Francisco Indian American community for weekly Indian newspaper with over 70,000 readers.

Reporter
• Gathered interviews, took photographs and wrote 2 stories a week.
• Reported on hate crimes in the Bay Area.
• Contributed to 2005 coverage of Bay Area South Asians helping S. Asia earthquake
  victims.

San Francisco Cable - Ch. 27 – San Francisco, CA February 2002 – May 2003
Reporting for weekly newscast, developing ideas and hosting discussion shows.

Host and producer
• Conducted research, prepared questions and moderated half-hour discussion
  programs such as:
• 9-11 news coverage effects on Muslims, impact of immigrant workers on Bay Area
  technology industry.

General Assignment Reporter
• Generated story ideas, conducted research, gathered video and presented on-air
  reports.

Nation TV – Nairobi, Kenya February 2000 – July 2000
Researched and hosted a one-hour daily current affairs program on daily issues impacting Kenyans.

Host
• Moderated 65, daily, 60-minute talk show with local politicians, educators, business
  owners and ordinary Kenyans.

Education

San Francisco State University – San Francisco, CA May 2004
Master of Arts in Radio & Television Studies: First Class Honors.

United States International University, Africa – Nairobi, Kenya August 1998
Bachelor of Science International Business Administration: First Class Honors

Technical & Training

• Proficient in linear editing. Working knowledge Final Cut Pro non-linear editing.
• Adept at operating DVCPro and MiniDV video cameras.
• Working knowledge: photography.
• Web 2.0 journalism training – Knight Digital Media Center, Berkeley, CA June 2011
• Wharton fellow for business journalism seminar – Philadelphia, PA October 2010
• Best Practices in multimedia journalism seminar - Poynter Institute, Fl November
  2009

Awards

• SAJA – South Asian Journalists Association (2005)
Report on News media impact on Bay Area Muslims after 9-11.

• United States International University - Africa
First place in international business administration.

Languages

• Fluent in Punjabi, conversational in Hindi, Urdu and Swahili
• Countries of Origin – Kenya, Pakistan