Writer in New York, New York

Varghese Joseph 2083 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ 07305 Tel: (201) 77... Email: [email protected] • Experience in all aspects of newsroom work, including 18 years as Web Editor. • Responsible for producing news content and keeping website fresh at all times. • Responsible for sourcing images and artwork. • Developed niche newsletters into revenue generating products, designed for desktop as well as hand-held devices. • Worked in four countries, managing a team of reporting and editing staff from diverse backgrounds. AREAS OF EXPERTISE I have experience in all aspects of newsroom and Web site related work, including editing, writing, generating and managing editorial content. I have managed a team of reporting and editing staff from diverse backgrounds and have developed niche financial newsletters into revenue generating products. . WORK HISTORY November 2006 – November 2016 Web Editor, International Financing Review and Top News Editor, IFR Markets and Fixed Income pages, Thomson Reuters, New York. Most recently, I worked as the Web Editor of International Financing Review, a Thomson Reuters publication that provides global capital markets intelligence. International Financing Review magazine is published weekly out of London and Asia. My responsibilities included updating the IFRe..... site on a daily basis with news stories and uploading stories from the magazine to the site once a week. I also edited stories written by staff writers, wrote headlines, selected pictures, charts and multimedia content, and alerted section editors about breaking and important news stories. In addition, I was also the Top News Editor for IFR Markets (International Financing Review's newswire) and the Fixed Income pages on Eikon, a Thomson Reuters investment and trading platform for financial professionals. Prior to this, I worked as the Editor of Deal Insight, a desktop product that was being developed by Thomson Financial for investment bankers and as an Editor for Thomson Financial’s North America newswire team. I also developed two morning newsletters for Thomson Financial’s retail wealth and investment management clients in the U.S. and Canada into revenue generating products. Earlier, I assisted Thomson Financial in setting up news bureaus in India. My duties in India included managing and leading a team of 24 journalists and working with trainers in designing effective training programs. June 2005 - November 2006 Interactive Newsreader, The Wall Street Journal..... I was part of the team that managed the Wall Street Journal’s Web site from 4:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. My duties included copy tasting, editing and writing headlines and summaries. I compiled the North America and Latin America closing market reports and the Asian opening market report and occasionally wrote for the site. I was part of the team that helped launch the online edition of the Weekend Journal and single-handedly manned the Web site on some weekends and national holidays. April 1998 - June 2005 Online Editor, NJBIZ. I was responsible for updating the New Jersey-based business newspaper’s Web site. I also produced the NJBIZ Early Edition and NJBIZdaily, two daily newsletters that focused on business and economic news from around New Jersey. In addition, I also wrote for the newspaper. May 1996 - October 1997 Finance Editor, Business Day, Bangkok, Thailand. I was responsible for producing the newspaper's eight-page "Money and Investing" section and managed a team of 13 reporters from diverse backgrounds. My duties included writing, assigning and selecting stories, editing, rewriting and writing headlines. As Finance Editor, I helped the newspaper cover the Asian economic crisis as it began to unfold. March 1993 - April 1996 Copy Editor (Business), Gulf News, Dubai, UAE. I handled the Middle East daily's local and oil and gas pages. My duties included selecting stories, editing copies, writing headlines and designing pages. I also regularly wrote for the newspaper’s supplements section. April 1987 - February 1993 Chief Copy Editor, Financial Express, India. I was in charge of the editing desk and managed a team of copy editors who were responsible for selecting stories, editing reports and writing headlines. I independently handled day and night shifts and wrote articles on the automobile industry. I was also involved in the launch of The Indian Auto Journal, India’s first consumer-oriented automobile magazine. As the Assistant Editor and later Advertisement Manager, my job involved writing, arranging for photo shoots, pagination and canvassing for advertisements. February 1984 to April 1987 Copy Editor, Financial Express, India. I joined Financial Express as a trainee copy editor and was made permanent within six months. As a desk person, my job involved editing copies, writing headlines, fact checking and page-making. I also did some general reporting for the newspaper. EDUCATION • Bachelor's degree in Commerce, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India. • Diploma in Journalism, Somaiya Institute of Mass Communication, Mumbai, India. • Online courses in Creating Web Pages, CGI Programming for the Web and Javascript for the Web from Middlesex County College, New Jersey. • Scripps Howard New Media Fellow, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York. • Citi Journalistic Excellence Award Certificate, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.