Madhusmita Bora (Maddie)

4400 Spruce St., Apt C-2

Philadelphia PA-19104

(215) 382- 0203

madhusmitab@hotmail.com



Experience:

The Press Of Atlantic City – New Jersey

Aug. 2001-present

  • Staff Writer. Daily reporting comprises breaking news coverage on municipal government, school boards, crime and human-interest stories. Also covering immigration issues.


Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier – Waterloo/Des Moines, IA

Oct. 2000 – April 2001

  • Political Writer. Writings included daily reporting and a weekly column. Covered 2000 Presidential and Iowa general elections. January 2001-April 2001, covered state Legislature at Des Moines.


Medill News Service—Washington, D.C.

June – Sept. 2000

  • Washington Correspondent: Assigned to cover the Iowa Congressional delegation for the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Courier, Waterloo, Iowa. Covered the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia.


Medill News Service—Chicago, IL

January – June 2000

  • Staff Writer: Assigned to cover juvenile courts and transportation beats in Chicago. Medill News Service is a wire service used extensively by The Daily Southtown, The Illinois Times and the Daily Herald, three of Chicago’s large suburban newspapers.


All India Radio, New Delhi, India

May 1999

  • Freelance Reporter. Prepared a 15-minute special newsreel on ethnic clashes in Kokrajhar, a district in Assam, India. The program, broadcast nationally, was based on spot interviews with militants, displaced tribes, local politicians and area experts.


Asian News International, New Delhi, India

April 1999

  • Reporter and Copy editor internship. Covered business, politics, crime and fire as a general assignment reporter. Edited copy for the wire service.



Education:

Northwestern University: Medill School of Journalism

Sept.1999 – Sept. 2000

  • Master of Science in Journalism with emphasis on Reporting and Writing.


Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, India

July 1998 – April 1999

  •             Post Graduate Diploma in Print Journalism.


Lady Shriram College, New Delhi, India

July 1995 - April 1998

  •             Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Minors in Hindi and Philosophy.



Skills:

  • Well versed in Lexis-Nexis and Internet research, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, QuarkXpress and Adobe Photoshop.



Languages:

  •             English, Hindi, Assamese and Bengali.