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    Megha Bahree




    e-mail: megha@bahree.com Cell: 917-318-9830

    EXPERIENCE
    Reporting Intern, City Limits, New York City; Fall 2003

    Research Assistant, The Globalbeat, a news website at NYU's Center for War, Peace, News Media; Summer 2003

    Freelance Reporter, The Villager, New York City; Summer 2003
    -Feature stories on the socio-economic changes and the resulting gentrification in downtown Manhattan

    Assistant Editor, Urban Journalism Workshop, New York University, Summer 2003
    -Helped high school students report and write stories for a NYU newspaper

    Freelance Reporter, The Indian Express North American Edition, New York City, Fall 2002 - Present
    -Feature stories on the economic and social changes in the South East Asian community in New York City

    Reporter, The Indian Express, New Delhi, India, October 2000 - July 2002
    -Covered crime, courts, education, traffic and transportation for this national English-language daily with a circulation of 325,000
    -Covered attack by Jaish-e-Mohammad, a Pakistan-based militant group, on the Indian Parliament on Dec 13, 2001
    -Conceived and reported a week-long series on the importance of seat belts in November 2001. A month later the Supreme Court of India passed a law making use of seat belts mandatory
    -Broke story on attempt by right wing Hindu organizations to manipulate history syllabus for schools across the country in April 2001
    -Covered November 2000 riots in New Delhi when the government tried to shut down polluting industrial units
    -Reported a Rajasthani village's perennial struggle with drought in May 2001

    Reporting and Editing Intern, Press Trust of India, New Delhi, India, June 2000
    -Edited stories on the national and international desks at India's largest wire service with subscribers in USA, UK, Australia and UAE

    EDUCATION
    New York University, New York City
    -M.A. Newspaper Journalism, December 2003
    Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai, India
    -Post Graduation Diploma in Social Communications Media, May 2000
    Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi, India
    -B.A. (Honors) English, May 1999

    SCHOLARSHIPS
    -Department of Journalism, New York University, 2003
    -Metro Center for Urban Education, New York University, 2002-2003
    -JRD Tata Trust Foundation, Mumbai, India, 2002

    SKILLS
    -Radio reporting and production; Indian classical dancer and fluent in Hindi

    SPECIAL PROJECTS
    -Contributor and Editorial Board Member of "Spaces," the Sophia College magazine, July 1999 - June 2000
    -Head of Research for "Noise Pollution in Mumbai," a documentary, July 1999 - June 2000
    -Production Assistant for "Lakeerein," a film on cinema poster painting in Mumbai, July 1999 - June 2000