RAHUL SINGH RAGHUVANSHI

898 Massachusetts Avenue, Apt # 2, Arlington, MA 02476

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulraghuvanshi
806-203-0613 Email ID rahul_raghuvanshi@emerson.edu
EDUCATION M.A. - Journalism, Expected Graduation Aug14 (Specialization Print & Multimedia)
Emerson College, Boston, MA

B.E. - Electronics and Communication Engineering, Dec11
Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal, India

SKILL-SET Multimedia Software: Final Cut Pro, Sound slides, Dreamweaver and Wirestream
Multimedia Equipment: DSLRs, H4N recorders
Programming Language: Basic HTML and CSS
Operating System: OS X, Win XP, Vista, Win 7/8
Software: MS Office, Visio, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe FrameMaker, MATLAB and
Simulink

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Editorial Intern May14-Present
PYMNTS.COM, Boston, MA
Write over 30% of aggregated financial news content on the company website in the Whats Hot
section.
Design webpages for Payment Playmakers series, which covers interviews with CEOs from top
financial intuitions discussing the latest trends in the global payment industry.
Research news updates on latest technological developments in the global payment industry.

Technical Writer May14-Present
Axero Solutions LLC, San Diego, CA (Remote)
Write and edit help manuals for Communifire, an enterprise-level social networking software
product.
Collaborate with a team of developers, testers and project managers on writing API documents.

Web Editor Jan14-May14
WERS 88.9FM, Boston, MA
Developed and directed over 50% of content produced by a team of anchors and reporters. Edited
and uploaded multimedia packages for the website.
Designed the website layout to improve user experience and user interface, and to generate
increased traffic.
Strategized with a team of producers and directors to improve the web content.

Video Journalist Intern Sept13-Dec13
Boston Herald, Boston, MA
Worked closely with a team of editors and multimedia reporters on various video packages.
Reported, filmed, edited and uploaded video packages for BostonHerald.com.
Regularly filmed and edited daily updates for the next day's print edition.
Was the only intern to produce several video packages, which were referenced in the newspaper.

Social Media Intern Aug13-Dec13
Spare Change News, Cambridge, MA
Wrote a cover page feature story on homeless veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Analyzed and reported data from the United Nations, World Economic forum and the World Bank.
Copyedited print stories on a weekly basis using AP style guide.
Managed the Facebook and Twitter handles of the newspaper in real time. Aligned Facebook and
Twitter posts to enhance search engine optimization.
Provided technical support for migration of news post from Drupal to WordPress.





Assistant Audio Engineer Aug12-Sept13
Television Radio and Film Production Department, Emerson College, Boston, MA
Was responsible for troubleshooting and fixing audio equipment such as the H4N recorder, Lavalier
and shotgun microphones, and the 744T four-channel portable audio recorders.
Upgraded audio recording facilities with state-of-the-art audio equipment and LCD displays.
Maintained and gave technical support to the departments of Journalism, Film production, Theatre,
and Gymnasium that were using audio equipment.
Wrote a weekly maintenance report on more than twenty audio recording facilities at Emerson
College.

Journalist Intern June12-July12
Hindustan Times, Bhopal, India
Reported and wrote a cover-page story on the destitute state of the Mahatma Gandhi Leprosy
Institute in Bhopal. The story led the Department of Justices to probe into the matter and call for
changes.
Reported on several press conferences organized by private banks and manufacturing corporations.
Researched data, relevant laws and source information for general-assignment reporters.
Regularly wrote stories based on press releases issued by the state government.

ADACEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant Feb14- May14
Emerson College, Boston, MA
Analyzed data from classroom assignments of students from the US, Fiji and Romania.
Used pivot tables to extract and organize relevant data in spreadsheets, and drew conclusions for
an international classroom project.
Wrote weekly progress reports for the professor, and advised on missing information.

RELEVANT COURSE WORK
Writing & Reporting Across Media Communication Networks & Transmission Lines
Advanced Print and Multimedia Journalism TV and Radar Engineering
Law for Journalists
Ethics for Journalists
Nano electronics
Digital Signal Processing
Reporting Issues of Diversity CMOS VLSI Design
Investigative Journalism Control Systems
News Communication Theory and Research
Methods
Microwave and Antenna Engineering

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Capstone Project One bin or two
Analyzed and recorded efficiency rate of single-stream and dual-stream garbage.
Interviewed haulers and recyclers based in the Greater Boston area.
Wrote reports on changing recycling trends in Massachusetts.
Created graphics for data visualization on recycling trends in the Greater Boston area.

Media coverage on transgender celebrity
Analyzed news articles from the last ten years on transgender celebrities that were published in
The New York Times, The Boston Globe and USA Today.
Researched scholarly articles and academic papers using LexisNexis.
Wrote a 25-page AP-style report on the medias attitude on covering Hugo Chavezs transformation
to becoming a transgender person.

Four Channel Radio Frequency Airship
Successfully modeled and implemented an airship using a four-channel RF transceiver and
microcontroller.
Documented the development of the circuit, modeling, assembling and testing of the airship.
Led a team of four to design and implement the airship.
Was responsible for troubleshooting different microcontrollers for airlifting the airship efficiently.

Member, United Nations Association of Greater Boston Area
Member, Society for Technical Communication
Member, Society of Professional Journalist
Member, South Asian Journalist Association