Sunny Hundal
Hello! My website is mostly a collection of things I've done. Feel free to poke around.
My work has related to my two passions: journalism, communication and internet technology. I'm a generalist rather than a specialist, and I have neither wanted nor had a conventional career. Still learning and trying new things. The world doesn't stop changing and neither will I.
My work has related to my two passions: journalism, communication and internet technology. I'm a generalist rather than a specialist, and I have neither wanted nor had a conventional career. Still learning and trying new things. The world doesn't stop changing and neither will I.
Latest Work
- Financial Times: We must not be complacent about Britain’s multicultural democracy
- Sunday Times: Spare us the Sunak sycophancy, Modi. You're a hypocrite
- New Statesman: Suella Braverman’s India debacle proves the contradictions of Brexit
- New Statesman: Leicester shows Hindu nationalism is no longer confined to India
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JOURNALISM
Deputy Opinion editor
The Independent : Feb 2022 - Sept. 2022
Helped manage the Opinion desk (aka Voices)
Daily work involved proof-reading and editing articles from columnists; commissioning new ideas based on news agenda and trending stories; writing articles based on the news agenda.
Liaised with different teams and reached out to new writers to find ways to grab attention for our output.
The Independent : Feb 2022 - Sept. 2022
Journalist
European Climate Foundation : Jan - Dec 2021 (p/t)
Researched & wrote on topics relating to climate change, clean energy, natural gas and carbon capture.
Condensed large reports on climate into compelling pieces for hard-to-reach audiences.
FrontPageLive : May 2019 - Mar 2020 (p/t)
Helped shape the design & content from launch of news startup
Wrote "viral" politics stories for US audiences
Liaised with US team to find suitable stories on multiple platforms.
European Climate Foundation : Jan - Dec 2021 (p/t)
FrontPageLive : May 2019 - Mar 2020 (p/t)
Opinion Columnist
Columnist, Independent
Columnist, The Guardian
Columnist, Hindustan Times
Contributed to: The Times, The FT, New Statesman, Quartz.com, the i, The Metro, Newsweek, Al Jazeera and CNN.com.
TV Presenter and Writer
BBC 1 : Jan 2020
"Young, Sikh and Proud"
Developed idea with production house
Wrote & presented 40 minute film for BBC 1
Story of two brothers, growing up and clashing in modern Britain
BBC 2 Daily Politics
Wrote & presented two monologues
On UK policy on Saudi Arabia and Syria
BBC 1 : Jan 2020
BBC 2 Daily Politics
Co-author, UK Home Office report
Commission for Countering Extremism
'Changing Nature of UK Sikh Activism' - Oct 2019
Co-authored the UK government's first public report on British Sikhs in recent decades
Co-designed, researched and authored report with academic Prof. Jagbir Jhutti-Johal
Informs Home Office policy
Commission for Countering Extremism
Author
Guardian Books : 2013
"India Dishonoured: Behind a nation’s war on its women"
E-book commissioned by Guardian and Amazon UK.
Rated 4.5* on Amazon; excerpted in The Guardian.
Led to Tedx invitations: Amsterdam and India.
Guardian Books : 2013
"India Dishonoured: Behind a nation’s war on its women"
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
I have run a number of successful online publications, covering politics and culture.
Political Scrapbook : 2016 - 2017
Barfi Culture : 2016 – 2020
Liberal Conspiracy : 2007 – 2013
Asians in Media : 2003 – 2009
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
openDemocracy : 2017 - 2021 (p/t)
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
Kingston University : 2014 - 2016 (p/t)
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
2011 - 2013
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
MViva : 2001 - 2002
Cube8 : 1999 - 2001
Tools used: Google Analytics, Data Studio, Ad Manager, Charts; Facebook Business Manager; Twitter ads; Photoshop, Wordpress, jQuery and many more