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Sandeep Junnarkar
Email: sandeepjun@yahoo.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
New York Bureau Chief March 2000-Present
CNET Networks' News.com, an award-winning
Technology news site
" Manage New York bureau and its five member editorial team.
" Report and write in-depth special reports.
" Generate enterprise story ideas to assign.
" Assign breaking news stories to reporters in Boston, New York,
and Washington bureaus.
" Manage story flow, including story content, deadlines; ensure full
technology coverage.
" Guide general assignment reporters in reporting and writing articles.
" Assist in recruiting and hiring editorial staff for East coast
bureaus.
" Helped launch CNET Broadband, which brought television format interviews
to the Internet.
" Assisted broadband team by assigning executives and analysts for
interviews.
Reporter July 1998-March 2000
CNET News.com
" Reported and wrote breaking technology news stories, news analysis,
and special reports.
" Topics covered included online commerce, Microsoft's anti-trust
trial, telecommunications, acquisitions and mergers, Internet media companies,
New Economy stocks and IPOs.
Freelance Editor June 1997-December 2000
The New York Times on the Web
" Edited "The Week in Science," a column by the Times'
senior science writer Nicholas Wade.
" Guest columnist for "The Week in Science" column upto
4 times a year for Mr. Wade.
Freelance Reporter October 1996-July 1998
The New York Times and The New York Times on the Web
A sample of articles:
"Technology
Extends Reach of Aid for the Troubled," April 9, 1998.
"Restoring Sight with Computer Chips," August 6, 1997.
"In
Just a Few Drops, a Breakthrough in Computing," May 21, 1997.
"GeneChip
Encodes DNA on Silicon," March 15, 1997.
"Virtual Reality Guides Surgeons' Hands," October 25, 1996.
News Producer and Breaking News Editor June 1997-July 1998
The New York Times on the Web
" Edited Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence-France Presse into
New York Times style.
" Wrote Headlines for breaking news stories.
" Arranged Web chats with prominent figures such as Elie Wiesel and
Shuttle astronauts in space.
Director of Research August 1994-October 1996
All Too Human: The Love Story of Jack and Jackie Kennedy
A book by Edward Klein that reached at No. 3 on the New York Times bestsellers
list.
" Contacted and interviewed retired politicians, luminaries, and
acquaintances of the Kennedys.
" Organized, catalogued interviews and research.
" Oversaw freelance assignments to over 8 researchers.
" Uncovered unpublished documents in private collections.
TELEVISION AND LECTURE APPEARANCES
BBC Television, World Business News October 2001
Topic: Developments in Microsoft's landmark antitrust court proceedings
CNNfn, New Economy Watch June 2000-Present
Topics: From online commerce and financial services to the disintegrating
new economy.
Chennai Chamber of Commerce, Chennai, India February 2001
Topic: Lessons that a burgeoning new economy in India can learn from the
U.S. Internet meltdown.
Asian Media Institute, Chennai, India February 2001
Topic: Covering the ups and downs of a technology driven economy.
Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism 1999-2002
Topics:
Looking out for the pitfalls in Internet-driven reporting,
Reporting, Writing and Design for the Web
AWARDS
South Asian Journalists Association-Wharton Scholarship December 2002
A grant to attend the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School's Seminar
for Business Journalists
Online Journalism Awards (Administered by Columbia University) October
2002
Winner in Enterprise Reporting category for an independent news outlet
"Cracking the Nest Egg," a package of articles about the security
loopholes in online banking
Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California chapter) October
2001
Depth Reporting Award for CNET News.com staff,
"Death of the Free Web," a package of articles for which I was
an editor and reporter.
Online Journalism Awards (Administered by Columbia University) October
2001
Finalist in the Service Journalism award for an independent news outlet
"Fired!" a package of articles and resources about and for recently-fired
dot-com employees
The South Asian Journalists Association Awards May 2001
Outstanding New Media Story (First Place)
"Portal Addiction," CNET News.com
The South Asian Journalists Association Awards June 1998
Outstanding New Media Story (Second Place)
"Doctors face knowledgeable patients," The New York Times on
the Web
Reader's Digest Excellence in Journalism Scholarship 1994
Received grant to complete documentary profiling the lives of New York's
subway musicians.
The documentary, "Notes from the Underground," is now archived
at the NY city's Transit Museum.
EDUCATION
Masters of Science, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 1994
Bachelor of Arts in psychology, University of California at Berkeley,
1988