FULBRIGHT-NEHRU SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, INDIA

Aug. 2011 to Jan. 2012
  • Researched the Western influence of Indian programming with news organizations in Delhi and entertainment companies in Mumbai
  • Based in Bangalore at IIJNM (Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, (www.iijnm.org)
  • Supervised CityCast, a website that functioned as a platform allowing all broadcast students at IIJNM to post their stories on deadline
  • Filmed a documentary about a major Hindu festival, Dev Deepavali (15 days after Diwali), in the holy city of Varanasi, based along the Ganges River.
  • Guest lectured at various universities, including the keynote address at the Second Annual Conference of the Association of Communication Teachers of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry on “Media Education,” at Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India.