Sonal Gera

Experience

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  IBN7

  May 2013 - Jun 2013

  Intern

  - Transcripting documentary videos to note down the bytes. Have worked on the documentaries on Kashmir and Eve Teasing that were telecast on the channel on May 24, 2013. Have also worked on the documentary on Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee, that will be telecast if and when he dies.- Working on the software FCP – Final Cut Pro, used for editing tapes. Have edited the anchor links for the special features – 2G and Citizen Journalist.- Assisting the Production department for the shoots of 2G. Have also assisted in the Vox Populi coverage on RTI for Zindagi Live. Show less

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  NDTV

  Dec 2013 - Apr 2014

  Trainee Sub Editor

  - Scanning News-wire agencies and filing news articles- Writing feature stories

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  Indian Express Online Media Pvt Ltd

  Sept 2014 - Nov 2015

  Sub Editor

  - Writing Feature articles Was invited as a panelist in half-hour discussions on Deepika Padukone’s ‘My Choice’ video on IBN 7 and CNN-IBN in Hindi and English respectively, along with the likes of Suhel Seth, Shobhaa De, Bhumi Pednekar and Prahlad Kakkar, as the blog ‘Deepika Padukone’s powerful video: I Beg to Differ’ went viral within minutes of publishing Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh personally messaged on Twitter to thank for the feature article written as an ode to him on his birthday- Attend events and write stories regarding them thereafter- Managing Social Media (Facebook, Twitter) of Indian Express – Entertainment almost single-handedly. Was the first one to curate Deepika Padukone’s reply to TOI on Twitter (Cleavage controversy). The story was the highest read of IndianExpress.com for three consecutive months- Sorting photographs sent by photo-journalists and making photo galleries and photo stories Show less

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  India Legal

  Feb 2016 - Jun 2016

  Sub Editor - Desk and Convergence

  - Writing Feature articles An article on Sanjay Dutt's release from jail made it to the ‘cover story package’ in the second month of my tenure- Attend events and write stories regarding them thereafter- Managing Social Media (Facebook, Twitter) of Views on News almost single-handedly. - Writing captions for photographs for the ‘Photography’ page

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  Social Media PMU, DOIT&C, GoR

  Jun 2016 - Dec 2016

  Content Analyst/Lead

  KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS ::- Updating the ‘Vasundhara Raje Mobile App’ on a daily-basis Finding news articles that speak of CM Vasundhara Raje in a positive light, tweaking the headlines if required, searching for appropriate photographs and updating them on the app Leading the team to keep the app updated Finding statistics that indicate the progress the State Government has achieved and getting infographics designed based on them- Writing Press Releases on important events- Keeping the Social Media team updated about any negative articles or propaganda going on against the CM- Supervising the content published on the Social Media (Facebook, Twitter) of the various welfare schemes launched by the State Government- Editing the content (re-written by the content team) published on the 33 District Websites Show less

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  Asian News International (ANI)

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  Copy Editor
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  Times of India

  Feb 2018 - May 2018

  Copy editor cum consultant
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  India Today

  Oct 2018 - Mar 2019

  Senior Sub Editor
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  INDIA TV (Independent News Service Pvt Ltd)

  Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

  Senior Sub Editor
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  WION (World Is One News)

  Mar 2020 - Apr 2021

  Senior Sub Editor
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  Spotboye

  Jul 2021 - Oct 2021

  Deputy Editor
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  Ahm Devi

  Dec 2021 - Apr 2024

  Deputy News Editor