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Thursday 27 December, 2007

Hot New! Reporting openings with Indian Express

Organisation: Indian Express, New Delhi

Designation: Reporter, Sr. Reporter

Experience: 0-2 years

Contact: Varun Aggarwal, varun.aggarwal@expressindia.com , 09873080997

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Chief Sub-editors, Hindi and English

IndiaInfo.com has the following openings at its Navi Mumbai office.

Chief Sub-Editor (English)
Qualifications: Bachelor/Masters in journalism/Mass media (Preferred).
Experience: 3-6 Years

Designation: Chief Sub-Editor (Hindi)
Experience: 5-10 Years

Requirement: Excellent writing and editing skills. Ability to work in shifts and on tight deadlines.

Contact: Anaitha Shetty, 09892366600, Board Line No: 022-25170535 / 022-25170537, anaitha@emilestones.net

Mention: Total experience, current company, current salary, expected salary, notice period.

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Wednesday 26 December, 2007

Driver crashes into studio during newscast

Ravi Baichwal, the news anchor was taken aback by a car that crashed into his studio while he was anchoring the 10 pm newscast.

See the video.

Free newspaper draws new audience in Italy


Handing out the Corriere della Sera Anteprima in Milan. The free paper and its rival, 24 minuti, left, reach a new audience. (Sandro Rizzi/AP)

Via the International Herald Tribune:

Corriere della Sera Anteprima, is a polished four-page tabloid-size image of its namesake Milan daily, with a condensed version of the day's top news and a front-page editorial by one of its top op-ed columnists.

In an era when newspaper readership is declining - and with it, advertising revenue - it would seem there would be little appetite for a new entry, even a free one, especially if much of its content had made the rounds that morning.

But Fabrizio Perretti, who teaches media and entertainment economics at Bocconi University in Milan, said the free papers aim at people who are more likely to watch television and do not normally read newspapers, creating "a very tempting market for advertisers."

Paradoxically, he added, instead of diluting the market for the parent papers, the freesheets are contributing to the stability of the newspaper industry "because they reach an audience that wasn't reached before."
The full article.

Monday 24 December, 2007

HOT NEW! Openings with Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times Kolkata needs people at Chief Sub-Editor/Deputy News Editor level. Those interested in these openings, please mail your CV to recruitmentht@gmail.com

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Today: Interviews with IndiaMart.com

IndiaMART InterMESH Ltd is a B2B market place and a business promotion company. It started in 1996, has more than 800 employees, a turnover of 1900 lacs in the last financial year, and 24 branches all over India.

It seeks:

Content Writer
Job Description:
- Understanding the business requirement.
- Web research for the relevant content for different national & international sites
- Developing unique content for client website & web pages
- Editing and revising content based on industry keywords.

PR/Content Executive
Job Description:
- Should develop content of various corporate magazines
- Develop content for various brochures of the company
- Create media releases
- Write content for company ads

Candidate's profile in both openings:
- Mass communication pass out/pursuing
- Must have awareness about different industries
- Must be a team player
- Can work under pressure

Interviews: 24th and 25th December 2007, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Meet: Mrs. Neha Mishra, Indiamart Intermesh Ltd., B-1 ,Sector 8, Noida (U.P), Phone: 0120- 3911000. Please carry a hard copy of your CV.

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Writing/Editing openings, via Caferati

Caferati Listings has listed the following openings in its Edition 16, dated December 13. For full details of Edition 16 and also their previous editions, please sign up with them.

Caravan seeks editors and writers
Delhi Press, India's largest magazine publishing house, has at least two fulltime editorial openings for a new fortnighly magazine to be launched early next year. The magazine, Caravan, will be modelled after magazines like The New Republic and The New Yorker—a text-heavy magazine dedicated to high-caliber, long-form journalism. Caravan's primary focus will be on domestic and international politics and social issues, with secondary emphasis on topics such as arts and culture, travel, sports, science and technology, environment, education and business.

Rolling Stone India
The magazine needs a people who can write or review electronic games for Rolling Stone. They need to be passionate about gaming and need to be able to put down the experience decently well on paper. Rolling Stone India requires a features writer at a junior level for its Bombay office.

Copywriter
A Bangalore based company wants a copywriter who is great with English, has a smattering of understanding of Information Technology, and is willing to do the 9 to 6 work cycle 5 days a week.

Ratna Sagar wants editors
Ratna Sagar is a publishing house that does school books for the CBSE and ICSE schools, with some fiction now and then (including four Ruskin Bond titles). Head Office in Delhi; branches in Lucknow, Kolkata, Chennai; offices in Bangalore, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kochi, Madurai, Mumbai, Patna

Trade India wants reporters and correspondents
Tradeindia.com is a leading B2B Portal in India. It needs Reporters/Correspondents in the leading metros for our upcoming Business News Portal for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

To know about these jobs in greater detail, please sign up with Caferati.

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Wednesday 19 December, 2007

Opening with the US Embassy

The US Embassy is recruiting for a Field Open Source Officer (Media Analyst) to assess and analyse Hindi and Urdu media and media environment, to identify media trends, collection information relevant to the office's area of interest, create analytic multimedia products, translate selected material from vernacular media sources.

Minimum requirements:
- A university degree in media studies
- Journalism, political, science, economics, history, anthropology, geography, lirbary science
- English, Hindi or Urdu, translator capacity in English
- Fluent in Hindi and Urdu

Incumbent will be required to travel. Salary will depend on qualifications and experience.

Sumit the Application For Employment , Form HR-01.

All other details can be found on the website. Applications should be received no later than January 2, 2008.

Please refer to the advertisement in Times Ascent, New Delhi, Page 10.

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Copy Editor, Times of India

Times of India, Delhi, needs a Copy Editor.

Experience: 6 months-2 yrs.

Salary: Not a constraint.

Contact anilgarg@acdplacements.com with your updated CV, current and expected CTC.

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Content Writer cum Copy Editor needed

An IT-Software MNC needs Sub-Editor cum Content Writer. For further details, contact Amit Deshmukh - 9968438333.

- Via

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E N Communications, Noida

Interns, trainees, sub-editors and reporters needed at E.N. Communication Pvt Ltd.

Contact Rajshri, B-137, Sector 41, Noida, Phone: 0120-4240888

or

7-E, White House, 10 Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi- 1.

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Wednesday 12 December, 2007

Hot New! Openings with Google

Education: Bachelors or Masters in English/Marketing/Journalism/Advertising). First class degree with excellent communication (English) skills.

Experience: 0-3 years

Skills:
- Strong EDITING and WRITING skills (American English).
- Strong computer applications skills.
- Familiar with Internet search industry.

Contact: Malathi, malathi@alphaeus.com .

Editor's note: Job-seekers can also apply for these openings with Google's Adwords initiative via Google India's job page.

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Sub-editor, Financial Express, New Delhi

Financial Express, New Delhi, needs a sub-editor (ONLY ONE, freshers can also apply).

Speed is the basic criteria. Should be fast on quark, conceptualising pages, infographics. Salary could be negotiated. Send your resumes to
somenath.c@expressindia.com (Deputy Editor) or anusuya.datta@expressindia.com (News Editor).

Via Mediavigil.

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Saturday 8 December, 2007

Openings with USP-Age

USP-Age, a magazine for media marketing professionals has openings for business journalists with 2-6 years of experience:

- Reporters (2 posts)
- Copy Editor (1)
- Assistant Editor (1)
- Freelance writers

Location: Mumbai

Contact: cdramachandran@usp-age.com

Update: For all jobs at USP-Age, visit their Careers page.

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Executives, Team Orange Communications

Team Orange Communications needs Junior and Senior Executives.

City: New Delhi

Experience: 6 months to 1 year

Salary: 5K to 8K per month

Contact: Sundeep Mehta, Sr. Account Manager, sundeep@teamorange.in , 9868779770.

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Saturday 1 December, 2007

Editor, Graphic Designer, Photographer for Times of India

Times of India has openings in the following positions in Goa:

- Photographer, 1 position
- Editor, 1 position
- Graphic Designer, 2 positions

Experience: 2 years.

Contact: poojaj@contactxindia.com

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Sub-editors, Senior Sub-editors, Sakal Group

Sakal Group of publications is a leading publication group in Maharashtra and Goa having various English and Marathi brands on its board. It has plans to expand its business in diversified areas across India & overseas in the media sector. It is looking for young and aspiring journalists for its English Daily.

Location: Pune

Experience: 2-7 years

Contact: careers@esakal.com or apply via Naukri.

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Content Executive, Vodafone

Vodafone, Ahmedabad, needs Executive/Sr. Executive (Content Development).

Experience: 2-4 years

Contact Gargi, 092140 98588, 09828033412, marg2005@rediffmail.com , marg.gargi@rediffmail.com

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