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About Zaigham Murtaza

Saiyed Zegham Murtaza Mobile: +91-9410081853 Home: +91-9411886699 zaigham4u@gmail.com III/6, Hydel colony Gajraula(JP Nagar) 244235, India OBJECTIVE To gain higher-level media experience where creative initiative, ideas and a genuine enthusiasm would allow me to progress. SUMMARY ________________________________________ • Profile: Male , 30 , Single • Nationality: India • Current Location: Amroha/ Meerut/ Aligarh (UP) • Current position: News Contributor/Stringer/Freelance Journalist ________________________________________ WORK EXPERIENCE ________________________________________ Mar 2002 - Aug 2008 Newstoday (E.Tv) Western U.P , India News Contributor Responsibilities : * Handling Crime Stories • Research: current affairs, Internet, archive, VT * Liaising with policemen, general public and victims * Script and filming meetings; co-wrote shooting script *Coverage of various socio-political events (Rallies, Press conferences and cultural programmes) • Experience: my work experience placement as a News Contributor on ETV's Crime Stories gave me invaluable insight into the news gathering process; with hands on experience of location shooting, studio filming, office work and general Runner duties. My time at Crime stories required me to work with policemen, film crews, victims of severe crimes as well as interviews with senior politicians, Beurocrats and other dignitaries Jan 1998 - Aug 2008 Various Uttar Pradesh, India Freelancer (English and Hindi) As a freelance writer my work experience include online filing news items and articles with news portals (merinews.com and headlinesindia.com), also to various news dailies, weeklies and monthlies including, Shah Times (Hindi), Rashtriya Sahara (Hindi) on socio-political and economic issues and the crime stories. Also submitted articles to inner voice in Hindustan times. EDUCATION May 2002 - Apr 2005 MJPRU Bareilly Uttar Pradesh , India English, Bachelor Jun 2005 - Jul 2007 AMU, Aligarh M.A Public Administration UP , India Pursuing AMU, Aligarh M.A (Mass Comm. & Journalism) U.P , India  Interest in the Media: My enjoyment and critical interest in the media (television, film, journalism, music, radio and new media) increased markedly throughout my initial experience, and has continued to grow since then. INTERESTS:  Television: watching intelligent drama, sport and documentaries  New Media: researching and exploring on the Internet; computer games  Cinema: going to cinema with friends; discussing film; reading critical works  Music: listening to many different genres of music and going to shows. Extra Curricular ________________________________________ Member University literary club AMU, Aligarh India Member Photography club AMU Aligarh India Runner Up University Essay Comp.2006 Joint Editor, Hall Magazine SS North, AMU, Aligarh, 2005-2006 07 IT Skills Windows & Office tools • Office Xp Intermediate Operating systems, Networking & Hardware • Windows Advanced • Netscape(SUN) • Netsurfing • Photo impression 2000/2003 • Adobe Photoshop • Quark express • Mainactor 5.2 (video edit) Intermediate Advanced Advanced Beginner Beginner Intermediate ________________________________________ Travel Traveled intensively throughout India. For last seven years, during my engagement with news I have cruised through the highways, local village roads and even almost every street in western UP and very well aware about the social , political, economic and geographical aspects of the region Possesses : Driving License Driving Capability : Four & Two wheeler LANGUAGES • English Fluent • Hindi Native • Urdu Working knowledge COMMENTS ________________________________________ #Ready to work in 24x7 environments and anywhere in the world. „ Teamwork: enjoy working in both team environments and independently #Problem solving: involvement in complex, low-budget projects, with time constraints #Dependability: handled many sensitive (stories) issues at Crime Stories, Soft Stories & Political Stories Referances : Mr. S. Hanumantha Rao Editor (Kanpur Edition) HindustHindustan (Hindi) Ph. +91 9838504024 Mr. Mohibbul Haque Lecturer Deptt. Of Political Science AMU, Aligarh Ph +91 9219742321 (Saiyed Zegham Murtaza) Place: Amroha

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