Arshad Rasool Zargar, Associate Executive Producer

Arshad Rasool Zargar

Associate Executive Producer

India Today TV

Location
India - Delhi
Education
Diploma, Broadcast Management
Experience
20 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 7 Months

Associate Executive Producer at India Today TV
  • India - Delhi
  • My current job since June 2015

Managing daily TV news shows.

Associate News Editor at New Delhi Television (NDTV)
  • India - Delhi
  • April 2007 to May 2015

The job involves managing all editorial newsroom operations. I lead an editorial team, working in close coordination with field correspondents, to produce a news bulletin. It also involves writing and editing reports for our news website.

Sub-Editor at Cybermedia Pvt Ltd
  • India - Delhi
  • April 2006 to April 2007

Worked in close coordination with the Chief Editor and Reporters to plan our monthly magazine issues. It involved writing and copy-editing stories and articles. Ideating on themes for magazine issues, working on page designs and layout in close coordination with the design team. Handling promotion prior to magazine release. Taking queries, managing the magazines' web forum.

Reporter / Correspondent at Greater Kashmir
  • India
  • January 2002 to June 2004

I covered beats like Politics, Education, Civic Affairs, Crime, and Health. I have many news stories to my credit and have over 25 bylines of special stories. I gathered a fair degree of expertise in covering conflict during my stint with this newspaper.

Education

Diploma, Broadcast Management
  • at Radio Netherlands Training Centre (RNTC)
  • June 2013

International Broadcast Management Course focussed on the changing media landscape, the advent of new and social media, studying of business and integration models of major media organisations around the world. It also involved media strategy and innovation.

Master's degree, Mass Communication and Jourmalism
  • at National Institute of Mass Communication
  • July 2005

The course contents included Mass Communication theories, Print media, Electronic Media, Advertising, Corporate Communications, Still Photography, Video and TV Production, Documentary and Fiction film-making, Radio Production, TV Journalism (Reporting and Anchoring), Media Research, Media Laws, Media Management, Media Writing, and Media Production

Specialties & Skills

Magazines
Editorial
Online News
News Writing
Broadcast Journalism
Computer applications / Internet Research
Social Media

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Hindi
Intermediate

Memberships

Global Editors Network
  • Member / Giving India specific perspective of the changes in the sector.
  • July 2013

Training and Certifications

International Broadcast Management Course (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2013

Hobbies

  • New media & integration
    I have developed a lot of interest in changing media trends - studying how media organisations are coping with the changes in the media platforms - what works for them, what doesn't.