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KARISHMA VYAS
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Contact: A65/ B, 2ndFloor, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi, India
Mobile (+91) 8800 533 200, Email:[email protected]
Website:www.karishmavyas.com
Linked In Profile:http://in.linkedin.com/pub/karishma-
vyas/50/79b/549
Twitter: @KarishmaTV
EMPLOYMENT
Television journalistcovering Asia
Since April 2012, I have been producing short and long format
current affairs stories for
international television and newspaper clients including Al
Jazeera, the New York Times,
NBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Associated
Press, Bloomberg, Agence
France Presse and Frances Channel 2.
I specialize in working as a television correspondent and video
journalist, and am able
to research, shoot, edit, script and package stories for a
global audience. I am fluent in
Hindi, Gujarati and Urdu.
I have been based in New Delhi, India since 2007, but I travel
across Asia for
assignments.
South Asia Video Journalist with AFP Television fromJanuary,
2007 to April 2012.
I was responsible for covering major news and current affairs
events from South Asia,
including in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, the
Maldives, India and Bhutan. I
also produced long format features for AFP TVs global clients
and was on stand-by as a
fire fighter for major news in the wider Asian region.
I worked independently to produce untold stories, which I
researched, filmed, edited,
scripted and voiced into ready-to-air packages. I found stories
and characters that make
what is happening in Asia relevant to viewers around the
world.
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In the role of senior journalist I ensured that AFP TV covered
all the major news in
South Asia. I was also assigned the task of managing all the
production staff in the
region.
Some of the major stories that I have covered while working in
Asia for almost a decadeinclude;
The 2004 tsunami in Thailand
The 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai
2009 and 2010 elections in Afghanistan and the on-going war
End of civil war in Sri Lanka in 2009
Missile crisis in South Korea, November 2010
EXPERIENCE IN JOURNALISM
Television
Al Jazeera English, India (2013): Reporter for news and current
affairs programming
covering South Asia.
UNICEF, Afghanistan (2013): Video Journalist producing
television stories on UNICEF
projects across Afghanistan.
New York Times, NBC, ITN, Associated Press, Globo Television,
European Commission
(2013): Video journalist/ producer for news and current affairs
coverage.
Channel 10, Australia (2010): Reporter, lifestyle stories during
the Commonwealth
Games in New Delhi.
Reuters TV, Philippines (2006): responsibilities included
overseeing the coverage of
breaking news like political coups, stampedes and natural
disasters and shooting
stories when required.
Reuters TV, Thailand (2004 2006): responsible for covering
breaking news, like the
2004 tsunami, organizing satellite feeds and editing and
transmitting stories to tight
deadlines. On occasion I was also required to file text stories
for the Reuters
newswire and present stories for Indias Times Now network.
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Radio
Special Broadcasting Service, Australia (2001): news and current
affairs reporter
Print
Al Jazeera English: Features and multimedia contributor to
online.
Expressen newspaper (Sweden): Contributes features to Swedens
largest tabloid.
Metro Magazine (Thailand): Regular features contributor and
editor of an urban culture
magazine in Bangkok in 2003.
PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERIENCE
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (Thailand):
Media relations officer in Bangkok (2002-2003).
United Nations Development Fund for Women (Thailand): Media
relations officer based
in Bangkok (2004).
ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Nominated for Rory Peck Award in 2009.
Journalism trainer for an Internews course in Vietnam for local
television
reporters (2008).
Awarded Reuters CEO Award in 2006.
Associate Director of Programming (2004), Foreign Correspondents
Club of
Thailand.
Nominated for the Quill Awards (Young Journalist of the Year
2002) by SBS
Radio.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Shooting on Panasonic HPX250 cameras, Sony EX1 and Z1.
Non-linear editing on Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premier.
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Satellite feeds from remote locations and organizing live
coverage. Can use B-gans to
transmit stories.
EDUCATION/ TRAINING
B.A Journalism, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
(2001)
Hostile Environment Training and First Aide course with AKE
International (2006).
Reuters television journalism course (2006).Reuters text
journalism training course (2005).
REFERENCES
Giles Hewitt, New Delhi Bureau Chief,
AFP:[email protected]
RajuGopalakrishnan, ManilaBureau Chief, Reuters:
[email protected]
LANGUAGES
English, Hindi, Gujarati, and Urdu.
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