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Résumé
Contact
E-mail: vas.sridharan at gmail.com
Phone: 408-455-2254
Experience
7/07-9/07 Business Reporting Intern, The Dallas Morning News, 508 Young St. Dallas, TX 75202, Supervisor: Janie Paleschic
- Assisted with energy coverage, including oil and gas
- Contributed to many breaking news events.
- Developed and reported centerpieces for the business section.
3/05-5/07 Various Positions, The Daily Illini, University of Illinois student newspaper, 512 E. Green St. Champaign, IL 61820, (217) 337-8350
- Managing Editor – Visuals: Coordinated content from photo, design and graphics desks.
- Campus Editor: Helped shape coverage for a campus of 40,000 in a multimedia newsroom.
- Reporter: Wrote 1-3 stories a week as community education beat writer.
- Web poster: Managed content for DailyIllini.com.
- Also served as writing coach and design editor.
6/06-8/06 Dow Jones Business Reporting Intern, The Indianapolis Star, 307 N. Pennsylvania St. Indianapolis, IN 46206, Supervisor: Steve Berta
- Worked as a full-time business reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper.
- Reported and wrote a wide variety of soft and hard news.
6/05-8/05 Production and Marketing Intern, Independant Online Distribution Alliance, 539 Bryant St. Suite 303, San Francisco, CA 94107, (415) 777-4632, Supervisor: Adam Rabinovitz
- Analyzed sales data to determine whether promotional campaigns were effective.
- Evaluated blogs for the company’s music distribution strategy.
6/02-6/03 Editor-in-Chief, The Epic, Lynbrook High School student newspaper, San Jose, CA
- Led the paper to the Best-in-Show award at the JEA/NSPA National Convention in 2003.
Education
2003-2007 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
B.S. News-Editorial Journalism, May 2007, GPA 3.27/4.
- Lulu Kelly Nardine Award for excellence in writing, Spring 2007
- Dudley McAllister Memorial Award for public affairs journalism, Spring 2006
- Dean’s List, Spring 2005.
- Commended National Merit Scholar, 2003 (from PSAT score).
Activities
8/03-9/07 Men's Illini Water Polo Team, Champaign, IL
Skills
- Adobe InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Final Cut Pro.
- Can understand Tamil.
References
Janie Paleschic – Deputy Business Editor, The Dallas Morning News
(214) 977-8938, jpaleschic at dallasnews.com
Jeffry Unger – Lecturer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Journalism Department
(217) 333-6248, junger at uiuc.edu
John Russell – Reporter (former assistant business editor), The Indianapolis Star
(317) 444-6283, john.russell at indystar.com