JOURNALISM
Journalist
European Climate Foundation : Jan - Dec 2021 (p/t)
Researched & wrote on a range of topics
From climate change and clean energy to deforestation, carbon capture and natural gas.
FrontPageLive : May 2019 - Mar 2020 (p/t)
Helped shape the design & content from launch
Wrote stories for US audiences
Delegated stories to colleagues
TV Presenter and Writer
BBC 1 :
Jan 2020
'Young, Sikh and Proud'
Two brothers, growing up and clashing in modern Britain
Developed idea with production house
Wrote & presented 40 minute film
BBC 2 Daily Politics
Wrote & presented two monologues
On UK policy on Saudi Arabia and Syria
Co-author, UK Home Office report
Commission for Countering Extremism
'Changing Nature of UK Sikh Activism' - Oct 2019
Sole UK government (public) report on Sikhs
We designed, researched and wrote report
Informs Home Office policy
Opinion Columnist
Columnist, Independent
Columnist, The Guardian
Columnist, Hindustan Times
Contributed to: The Times, New Statesman, Quartz.com, the i, The Metro, The FT, Newsweek, Al Jazeera and CNN.
Website Editor
I have run a number of successful online publications, covering politics and culture.
Political Scrapbook :
2016 - 2017
Recruited as editor for veteran political news site.
Grew audience by 400% by using social media
Ran stories that made national press
Barfi Culture :
2016 – 2020
News magazine on South Asian diaspora
Had a team working alongside me
Broke numerous big stories
Liberal Conspiracy :
2007 – 2013
Founder and editor, 150+ writers
UK’s most popular (independent) centre-left politics site
Won numerous awards, several stories hit national press
Asians in Media :
2003 – 2009
Founder & editor of industry journal
Reported British ethnic media
Built 10,000+ strong email list
TECHNOLOGY
Social media editor
openDemocracy : 2017 - 2021 (p/t)
Tasked with understanding and expanding audiences (search, social, email, direct)
Helped reshape editing (headlines etc)
Oversaw huge growth in social engagement
Created internal guidelines for social
Senior Visiting Lecturer
Kingston University : 2014 - 2016 (p/t)
Lectured and marked work on digital journalism
How to use web to find stories
How to develop news websites
Startup Founder: Rippla
2011 - 2013
‘Rippla’ tracked impact of news stories on different social media sites
Built tools using public APIs, JSON, PHP, RSS, Javascript & MySql
Published data, used by Ofcom and news orgs
Tracked news impact for clients
Web Programmer
MViva : 2001 - 2002
Early WAP mobile-internet venture
Worked with HTML, javascript, CSS and PHP
Cube8 : 1999 - 2001
Portal site for e-commerce
Worked with HTML, javascript, CSS and PHP
Tools used: Google Analytics, Data Studio, Ad Manager, Charts; Facebook Business Manager; Twitter ads; Photoshop, Wordpress, jQuery and many more