About Avik Roy
Avik Roy works as Senior Copy Editor at Times of India and is based in Kolkata, India. Avik studied Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication (Mass Communication and Journalism) at Asutosh College (2008-2011). On Youth4work, Avik has taken skill tests in Communication Skills (rank 65,590 of 375,956, top 18%) and Common Sense. Avik also lists talents in Coping Editing, Outreach Worker, Photojournalism and Research and Journalism.
Talents
-
Coping Editing... among ... users in Kolkata…among … users worldwide -
Outreach Worker... among ... users in Kolkata…among … users worldwide -
Photojournalism... among ... users in Kolkata…among … users worldwide -
Communication Skills... among ... users in Kolkata65590among 375956 users worldwide83.25percentile among worldwide users
Professional Path
Senior Copy Editor
Times of India
Full Time
Jan-2016 To
present
10 years 8 months
- I bring out lead city page of one of the editions, plan layouts and graphics; edit and rewrite Page 1 and local copies; suggest new story ideas to reporters.
Copy Editor
Asian News International (Reuters TV)
Full Time
May-2015 To
Jan-2016
8 months
- Worked at subcontinental desk of Reuters Television. Edited news scripts and tracked stories on real-time basis. Responsible for filtering news for global clientele. Supervised a team of News Producers who prepared audio-visual news packages for the global news wire after collecting feeds from ANI.
India correspondent
Climate Home
Part Time
Jan-2015 To
Dec-2015
11 months
- Wrote extensively on climate change, clean energy and environment policies. I was their only Indian correspondent to cover UN COP21 in Paris
- Received journalism grant from the European Climate Foundation to cover the UN climate negotiations (COP21) in Paris in December 2015, where world leaders signed a global deal to mitigate climate change. I tracked India’s role in the negotiations; my articles and interviews were extensively published at Climate Home.
Senior Sub Editor
Business Standard
Full Time
Oct-2014 To
Dec-2014
2 months
- Editing and rewriting bureau and agency copies; making pages for multiple editions; tracking political and economic news from wires.
- Attended the 20th United Nations Climate Change Conference, at Lima, Peru, in December 2014, to track the international climate change negotiations between countries. I focussed on policy issues like countries’ INDCs, adaptation and mitigation, climate finance with particular emphasis on India and other developing nations.
Senior Sub Editor
The Pioneer
Full Time
Sep-2011 To
Sep-2014
3 years
- Worked at the Edit Oped team to make pages, edit columns, screen Letters to the Editor, plan layouts and visuals. I used to write a fortnightly oped column on environment.
- Received a Fellowship from the Global Call for Climate Action to attend the 19th United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Warsaw, in 2013, to track the international climate negotiations.
Qualifications
Asutosh College
Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication Mass Communication and Journalism
2008-2011
-%
Contact details are visible to employers.
Log in or sign up as an employer
Other people named Avik
- Avik Ghosh, Kolkata
- Avik Nandi, Kolkata
- Avik Dutta, Kolkata
- Avik Dutta, Hyderabad
- Avik Bose, Kolkata
- Avik Sinha, North Dumdum
- Avik Ghosh, Kolkata
- Avik Maji, Kolkata
