Experience

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  New straits times press bhd, asian defence and public relations, legenda group of colleges malaysia

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  Sub-editor, writer/journalist, corporate communications executive
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  Asian defence and public relations(adpr)

  Jan 2006 - Sept 2008

  Public relations executive
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  Malay mail sdn. bhd.

  Jan 2008 - Nov 2019

  Deputy chief sub editor

  SPECIAL PROJECT: In charge of the Corporate Community section of the newspaper. The twice a week edition assists the sales and marketing department to meet clients Corporate Social Responsibilities objectives and community reach. Among my responsibilities are:• source sponsorship opportunities.• Write case studies and articles for newspapers.• Liaise with clients, marketing agencies and third parties to put together hard hitting campaigns.• Advise clients on how best to reach their target audiences.• Collect and analyse media coverage, then drawing conclusions from it.• In charge of keeping the company website (Malay Mail Online) updated with relevant content and articles daily.• Publicise campaigns via social media like Twitter and Facebook.• Organise photo opportunities.• Encourage clients to maximise the use of the media to get their message across. • Editing copy, written by reporters or features writers to remove spelling mistakes and grammatical errors;• Rewriting material so that it flows or reads better and adheres to the house style of a particular publication;• Ensuring that a story fits a particular word count by cutting or expanding material as necessary;• Writing headlines that capture the essence of the story or are clever or amusing;• Writing standfirsts or "sells" (brief introductions, which sum up the story underneath the headline);• Liaising with reporters, journalists and editors;• Checking facts and stories to ensure they are accurate, adhere to copyright laws, are not libellous or go against the publication's policy;• Cropping photos and deciding where to use them for best effect and writing picture captions;• Proofreading complete pages produced by other sub-editors using the main basic proofing symbols;• Work to a page plan to ensure that the right stories appear in the correct place on each page;• Laying out pages and playing a part in page design;• Manipulating on-screen copy using appropriate desktop publishing softwar Tunjukkan kurang

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  Malaysiakini

  Nov 2019 - now

  Content editor
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  Malaysian national news agency (bernama)

  Sept 2020 - now

  Content editor (economic/business)