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Rituparna Chatterjee

CEO

Delhi, India22 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Award-winning editor with 20+ years of experience.
  • Named by Forbes as a trailblazer in 2019.
  • Founder of @IndiaMeToo platform addressing sexual violence.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media and Communications expert with a focus on gender and civil rights.

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Skills

Core Skills

EditingReporting

Other Skills

Individual WorkLeadershipLegal LiabilityProofreadingREXSEO CopywritingSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)Social MediaSubbingWorking Experience

About

Award-winning editor with over 20 years of experience reporting from the Indian subcontinent on gender, civil rights, politics, and culture. Former India Representative of Reporters Without Borders. One of the founding editors of HuffPost in India and currently works as the Deputy Asia Editor at The Independent. One of the first women editors working in the digital space in India. Named by Forbes in their 2019 list of "Women Power — Trailblazers" and awarded the REX Karmaveer Global Fellowship and Karmaveer Chakra gold medal instituted in partnership with the United Nations for her work as a change-maker. Winner of the Laadli Media and Advertising Awards for gender reporting. Winner of Orange Flower Award by Women's Web. Recognised in 2022 by Twitter and Sayfty.org as among 17 Indian Women Changemakers working towards fulfilling UN SDGs. Runs an online platform @IndiaMeToo to chronicle India's crisis of sexual violence that amplifies a spectrum of voices. Runs for 6+ years online platform that promotes women's equitable stake in media employment.

Experience

The independent

Deputy Asia Editor

Dec 2020Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

EditingProofreadingReportingSubbingSEO CopywritingSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)+2

Ungender legal advisory

2 roles

Head Of Communications

Jan 2020Dec 2020 · 11 mos

Director, Communications, UNGENDER Legal Advisory

Jan 2020Dec 2020 · 11 mos

Reporters without borders (rsf)

India Representative

Dec 2018Jan 2024 · 5 yrs 1 mo · India · Remote

  • Tracking media rights in South Asia, media liaisons, public relations, press freedom, media laws.

Huffpost indi

2 roles

Interim Editor-in-Chief

Nov 2017Feb 2018 · 3 mos · India

Deputy Editor

Nov 2014Nov 2017 · 3 yrs · India

News18 india

Entertainment Editor

Jan 2010Dec 2014 · 4 yrs 11 mos · India

Reuters

Online Producer

Jan 2007Dec 2010 · 3 yrs 11 mos · India

Press trust of india (pti)

Reporter

Jan 2004Dec 2007 · 3 yrs 11 mos · India

The statesman

Staff Reporter

Feb 2003Jan 2004 · 11 mos · India

Education

Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi

Master's degree — Mass Communication/Media Studies

Jan 2002Jan 2003

Lady Brabourne College

Bachelor's degree — Zoology/Animal Biology

Jan 1999Jan 2001

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