Profile of a SAJAer:
Sujeet Rajan

Sujeet Rajan
Apt. # 402,
2725, 39^th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
E-mail: srajan@rocketmail.com
Phone: ®: 202-342-1480; Cell: 202-421-0319

OBJECTIVE: Internship for summer 2001

EDUCATION                       

Masters in Journalism: Print Journalism
American University, Washington, D.C. Expected Graduation: Sep 2001            

Master of Fine Arts: Creative Writing
Southampton College of Long Island University, Southampton, N.Y.
1998- 2000: Thesis (collection of short stories) pending

Diploma in Post-Graduate Journalism
YMCA Media Center, New Delhi, India; 1990

Bachelor of Arts: English Literature
Delhi University, New Delhi, India, 1989

WORK EXPERIENCE

           Reporter – The Sag-Harbor Express, Sag Harbor, NY, Jan-Aug 2000

          •Duties included reporting and editing (over 100 byline news stories, features & weekly column)
Reporter-cum-Sub-Editor - The Times of India, New Delhi, 1992-1998

•Assignments included city beat, features, sports, national, international events (over 500 byline stories, features from several parts of India), and copyediting, page layout

 Sub-Editor - The United News of India, New Delhi, 1990 - 1992
Duties included copyediting and occasional local reporting

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Stringer – Indian Express (North American edition), Oct 2000- to present
•File weekly news reports, features from Washington, D.C. and New York

Assistant Webmaster – American Observer (AU student web site newsletter), Sep-Dec 2000
•Helped maintain, write and edit weekly web site newsletter

Scriptwriter/Researcher - Corum Communications, New Delhi, 1996-1998
•Copywriter for social documentaries and sports personalities’ profiles

Sports Writer - All India Radio, New Delhi, 1996-1998
Compiled weekly sports capsules for broadcasts    

Research/Editorial Assistant - The Globe and Mail, New Delhi, 1995
•Assisted Asia Bureau Chief in research, filing data, compiling story clippings

          Election and Market Research Assistant - MODE, New Delhi, 1994
•Compiled data after three-month textile market survey

Research Assistant - Sankei Shimbun, New Delhi, 1989
•Compiled information and conducted interviews for election opinion research project

OTHER EXPERIENCE      

Graduate Assistant ship- American University, Sep, 2000 - to present
•Assist Department Head, Journalism, in research, administrative work

Graduate Assistantship - Southampton College, Long Island University, 1998- 2000
•Assisted in teaching, grading undergraduate student work

Assistant Editor - Southampton College
•Hampton Profiles, Communications student publication

Tutor - Southampton College Writing Center, 1998-2000
•Assisted nearly 25 students weekly in developing reading and writing skills

RELATED SKILLS

•Precise time management skills
•Proficient in Microsoft Word, strong Internet research skills, HTML, Dreamweaver

ACHIEVEMENTS

                •Anthology of poems titled Voices Everywhere published in India, 1998

                •Short story published in annual fiction magazine Hampton Shorts, 1999

                •Short story and poem published in literary magazine Proteus, 2000

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