TEJINDER SINGH
3925 Halsey Street, Kensington, MD 20895
tejindersinghDC@gmail.com
202-503-8052
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Experienced in broadcast, print and radio journalism. Provided detailed schedules, researched potential production and editorial resources, negotiated with vendors, prepared accurate estimates, supervised and managed all stages of television and radio production from pre-production to post. Have appeared on broadcast networks across the globe, interviewed many personalities and top government officials, participated in video teleconferences with NATO commanders in Afghanistan, and covered volatile regions of the Balkans and the Middle East. Managed, as Editor-in-Chief, a network of correspondents across the continents for The European Weekly. Accredited to the White House, the Pentagon, Congress, and the State Department.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
White House Correspondent for TV Today Network November 2009 to present
Journalist for AHN (All Headline News), November 2009 - February 2012
Journalist for Mail Today (India Today Group) January-October 2011
EU Correspondent for APM News (formerly part of Reuters) May 2008 - 2009
Editor-in-Chief for New Europe, The European Weekly 1998 - January 2009
Investigative Journalist for BBC TV Greece, Italy, UK, 1996 - 1997
All India Radio (AIR) September 2008 - May 2009
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) 2003-2005
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) 1998 - 2009
Greek Business Review 1996-2000
AFFILIATIONS
Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA-DC) Vice President 2011-12
National Press Club, Washington D.C. Member (Newsmakers Committee, International Correspondents' Committee)
South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) Life Member
Online News Association (ONA) Member
International Press Association (API) Brussels, Belgium Former Council Member
LANGUAGES
English, Greek, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Urdu, French
EDUCATION
B.A., Osmania University, 1984 Hyderabad, India
Graduated with English; Political Science, Public Administration, Sociology
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), 1977-82 Kharagpur, India (No degree taken)
Poynter Institute, 2011 Recipient of the Knight-Poynter Fellowship (from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation) for multi-media training
AAJA National Convention, Michigan "Multimedia Workshops: 2011 Ford Foundation Professional Training Fellowship"
National Press Club How to "Web 2.0, Google Search, Twitter and Facebook"
Medill School of Journalism "Video Story Telling" Course
Society of Professional Journalists "Unlocking the Power of Public Records"
3925 Halsey Street, Kensington, MD 20895
tejindersinghDC@gmail.com
202-503-8052
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Experienced in broadcast, print and radio journalism. Provided detailed schedules, researched potential production and editorial resources, negotiated with vendors, prepared accurate estimates, supervised and managed all stages of television and radio production from pre-production to post. Have appeared on broadcast networks across the globe, interviewed many personalities and top government officials, participated in video teleconferences with NATO commanders in Afghanistan, and covered volatile regions of the Balkans and the Middle East. Managed, as Editor-in-Chief, a network of correspondents across the continents for The European Weekly. Accredited to the White House, the Pentagon, Congress, and the State Department.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
White House Correspondent for TV Today Network November 2009 to present
Journalist for AHN (All Headline News), November 2009 - February 2012
Journalist for Mail Today (India Today Group) January-October 2011
EU Correspondent for APM News (formerly part of Reuters) May 2008 - 2009
Editor-in-Chief for New Europe, The European Weekly 1998 - January 2009
Investigative Journalist for BBC TV Greece, Italy, UK, 1996 - 1997
All India Radio (AIR) September 2008 - May 2009
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) 2003-2005
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) 1998 - 2009
Greek Business Review 1996-2000
AFFILIATIONS
Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA-DC) Vice President 2011-12
National Press Club, Washington D.C. Member (Newsmakers Committee, International Correspondents' Committee)
South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) Life Member
Online News Association (ONA) Member
International Press Association (API) Brussels, Belgium Former Council Member
LANGUAGES
English, Greek, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Urdu, French
EDUCATION
B.A., Osmania University, 1984 Hyderabad, India
Graduated with English; Political Science, Public Administration, Sociology
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), 1977-82 Kharagpur, India (No degree taken)
Poynter Institute, 2011 Recipient of the Knight-Poynter Fellowship (from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation) for multi-media training
AAJA National Convention, Michigan "Multimedia Workshops: 2011 Ford Foundation Professional Training Fellowship"
National Press Club How to "Web 2.0, Google Search, Twitter and Facebook"
Medill School of Journalism "Video Story Telling" Course
Society of Professional Journalists "Unlocking the Power of Public Records"
