Vinaya Deshpande
Chief of Bureau, Maharashtra, The Hindu | Journalist | Chevening fellow | IVLP alumna | Laadli winner | ACJ (BBC-trained) | Ex-CNN News18, The Times of India, All India Radio, Vidyawani
- Role
- Chief of Bureau at The Hindu
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vinaya Deshpande
Journalist. Chevening fellow. IVLP alumna. BBC trained, ACJ alumna. Speaker. Currently, Chief of Bureau, Maharashtra, The Hindu. Ex-CNN News18, The Times of India, All India Radio, Vidyavani, News X Sunday Guardian.An award-winning journalist with 18 years\' experience in print, TV, radio, digital journalism and edutainment sector. I have broken stories across various beats. Ability to write crisp and succinct copies. Experience of writing in various formats including well-researched long reads, light features, social awareness stories, hard news. Good team player with the ability to encourage colleagues to participate actively for better organisational output. Apt understanding of the target readership for a particular story, and the way it needs to be pitched for better impact. Broke a story in The Hindu on the chinks in the armour of India\'s national security due to corruption in the procurement of satellite surveillance equipment used mainly by the super-secret MI17. Union Defence Minister A K Antony ordered a probe after my report. Wrote a series of articles hilighting the plight of highly educated women employees who faced sexual harassment at the supposedly glitzy, big MNCs, and the callous attitude of the big corporations and government machinery. Broke the internal report of the Mumbai Police during Azad maidan riots in August, 2012 Wrote an exclusive on the stand of the Ministry of Defence in the Bombay High Court in Adarsh scam. Have written features and news articles on education, health, problems faced by the physically challenged, transport, environment. Produced, scripted and anchored edutainment programmes on Vidyavani, Pune University\'s radio channel where I worked as Production Assistant* Have edited and translated historical texts for a project on Maratha kingdom* Have been involved in academic research and organising international conferences* Have acted as a jury member for the international WASH media awards in 2012. The awards are sponsored by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Experience
Chief of Bureau
Sep 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Education
Savitribai Phule Pune University
MA, politics
Asian College of Journalism, Chennai
Diploma in Journalism
2009 — 2010
Skills
- Newspapers
- Content Development
- Proofreading
- Journalism
- Online Journalism
- Headline Writing
- Investigative Reporting
- Storytelling
- Breaking News
- News Writing
- Business Journalism
- Writing
- Copy Editing
- Quarkxpress
- Feature Articles
- Editorial
- Editing
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