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Sreetama Basu

Sreetama Basu

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  • About me

    Deputy Editor, Lifestyle, Financial Express

  • Education

    • Shri Shikshayatan School

      2008 - 2010
      High School Commerce

    • Vivekananda Mission School

      1995 - 2008
      High School

    • University of Calcutta

      2010 - 2013
      Bachelor's Degree Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

      Activities and Societies: Was an active member of the Students' Union. Participated in all the welfare activities hosted by the Union.  Worked on six newspaper projects and one photo journal. Was a part of the editorial board of all the newspapers published and was the co-editor of two. Wrote articles mainly on local issues and a piece on ‘the relevance of Swami Vivekananda in modern times’ for a special issue of the newspaper published on his 150th birth anniversary. Made a short documentary film on Kolkata Book Fair, one of India’s largest and oldest book fair. My dissertation during graduation was on ‘Women… Show more  Worked on six newspaper projects and one photo journal. Was a part of the editorial board of all the newspapers published and was the co-editor of two. Wrote articles mainly on local issues and a piece on ‘the relevance of Swami Vivekananda in modern times’ for a special issue of the newspaper published on his 150th birth anniversary. Made a short documentary film on Kolkata Book Fair, one of India’s largest and oldest book fair. My dissertation during graduation was on ‘Women Centric Flims’. The dissertation tried to analyze various areas related to the topic including how films and documentaries related to women or based on females are really addressing the issues they face, among others. Show less

  • Experience

    • India Opines

      Jun 2014 - Nov 2014
      Content Writer

    • Thats Scoop

      Aug 2014 - Jun 2015
      Content Writer

    • ListCrux.com

      Nov 2014 - May 2015
      Contributing Writer

      Writing articles

    • HT Media Ltd

      Dec 2014 - Jun 2015
      Freelance Copywriter

      Freelance Copywriter for Desimartini.com.

    • Filmygyan Media

      Jun 2015 - Jul 2016
      Creative Content Writer

      I worked with Mumbai-based Filmygyan, a social media driven news and entertainment cross-platform. On a day-to-day basis, I curated content for articles based on recent news items, produce photo-gallery based articles for its website and create listicles on trending topics.Besides, I also worked with the video production team and wrote short scripts. Further, I handled the social media page of the organization with a reach of more than 13M and was also in-charge of a separate platform, ‘Filmygyan Stories’ which had an audience of about 0.9 million people on Facebook. Show less

    • Wellthy Therapeutics

      Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
      Messaging Designer (Writer)

      Wellthy is an interactive app for diabetic patients, guiding them through what they should ideally eat, how and when to check up, guiding them through exercises and making life easier for diabetic patients. As a copywriter, I scripted about 6,000 chats (for the chatbot that would chat with patients).

    • Zee

      Jan 2017 - Mar 2017
      Senior Correspondent

      As an entertainment journalist, I was responsible for reporting events, covering trending stories, writing features and stay updated about every latest development in the film industry.

    • Self-employed

      Dec 2017 - Oct 2019
      Content Writer

    • India Today

      Oct 2019 - Dec 2021
      Senior sub editor

    • Lifestyle Asia India

      Nov 2021 - Jul 2024
      Features Writer

    • NDTV

      Sept 2024 - Feb 2025
      Chief Sub Editor

    • Financial Express (India)

      Feb 2025 - now
      Deputy Editor

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • National Certificate In Modular Employment Skills by Ministry of Labour and Employment under sector Information and Communication Technology, Government of India

      Vivekananda College

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Education Support Volunteer

      Issued by Make A Difference on Jul 2014
      Make A DifferenceAssociated with Sreetama Basu