Lezima Gomes, Senior Copy Editor/Feature Writer

Lezima Gomes

Senior Copy Editor/Feature Writer

Qatar Tribune

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, English Literature(optional subjects were Journalism & Translation Studies)
Experience
11 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 10 Months

Senior Copy Editor/Feature Writer at Qatar Tribune
  • Qatar - Doha
  • November 2011 to June 2018

Generating and writing lifestyle based articles (eg. Food, Travel, Social Trends, Health, Art, Music, Beauty & Interviews with standout personalities) Actively contributing to the layout of the pages. Developing a monthly Communication Plan for Marketing and Story Generation. Editing Feature pages for the Chillout section (16 pages daily) of the newspaper. Cultivating healthy working relationships with various Organizations to promote Media and Advertising Partnerships.

Sub-Editor (features) at Gomantak Times
  • India
  • September 2010 to December 2010

Editing content and features. Making design and layout of the feature pages. Interviewing and writing about artistic and creative personalities.

Mass Communication Lecturer and Videography at St. Xavier's College Goa
  • India
  • April 2009 to June 2010

Taught Advertising Print / Television and Television Production (TYBA level)
Taught Scripting for the media and media management (SYBA level)
Introduction to mass communication (FYBA level)

Reporter, Sub-editor and News Anchor at Goa 365
  • India
  • February 2007 to April 2009

Reporting current affairs of the State; Political and entertainment beat
Editing the language of the final script that goes into the news bulletin
Voiceovers and news reading
Conceptualizing and producing quality entertainment programs
Producing features for the third segment of the news telecast
Reading the daily news while also doing the above mentioned Goa365 jobs

Radio Jockey (RJ) at All India Radio
  • India
  • September 2005 to January 2007

Planning and conducting music and entertainment shows on air. Voiceovers for commercials. Plan and conduct radio interviews and feature programs.

Education

Master's degree, English Literature(optional subjects were Journalism & Translation Studies)
  • at Goa University
  • April 2007

Specialties & Skills

Media Management
Interviewing
Production
Mass Communication
Reading
Social Media
Adobe creative cloud
MS Office
Photography
Coral Draw
Google Apps
Writing and Journalism
Windows and Mac User

Languages

English
Native Speaker
Hindi
Expert

Hobbies

  • Travel
  • Fashion
  • Music
  • Painting
  • Cooking
  • Photography
  • Social Media