Ashima Sharma Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Energy sector journalist with interests across geopolitics and human rights

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Over the past five years, I have been a member of ArtEast, an annual fringe art festival in New Delhi that documents the loss of art and livelihood. As a team member, I have engaged in a range of tasks from logistics and curation to communications and social media management. Working in a dynamic environment has equipped me with the ability to multi-task, switch seamlessly between projects, learn on-the-job, and manage multiple work- streams.

Assam, India

A multimedia storytelling grant awarded by UNESCO- IHE Delft and Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati to create channels for integration of scientific methods with traditional knowledge systems of indigenous communities. - Pitched a multimedia story of two riverine communities for water diplomacy in the Brahmaputra river basin- Interviewed scientists, policy-makers, academicians and locals in Assam to produce a podcast- Conducted field research and produced a short-film documenting life and livelihood of localcommunities who battle annual flooding- Published by Indian national media organisations- The Wire and The Third Pole- https://science.thewire.in/politics/rights/mishing-miyah-adapt-brahmaputra-floods-assam-resilient-communities/

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Work: No Child’s Business Project: Worked on a child rights project Work: No Child’s Business, a collaborative between Save the Children Netherlands, UNICEF Netherlands and the Stop Child Labour Coalition to eradicate child labour in 5 countries.- Integrated the organisational social media plan with that of alliance members- Save the Children and UNICEF- Implemented a media plan for regional coverage and amplification of initiatives undertaken to mitigate child labour- Devised an annual calendar to synchronise media and social media plans with UN goals and themes- Pitched as well as documented stories of child drop-outs from school during the COVID-19 pandemic for press circulation- Collated, edited and presented content for monthly newsletters from all partner organisations to use as evidence for fundraising

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Pitched a documentary on human trafficking among Rohingya refugees in India. Researched and conducted interviews of refugees across three Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Jammu (then Jammu and Kashmir) and New Delhi.

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Reporting, Crime beatNewsgathering and reporting on stories of crime in Delhi, published in the Indian Express Newspaper

Chandigarh, India

Reporting, City beatNewsgathering and reporting on civic amenities in Chandigarh, published in the Times of India Newspaper

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Research and Radio beatResearching and recording vox-pops for BBC Radio programmes

Master'S Degree, Human Rights

Bachelors Of Arts (Honours), Journalism

Ba Journalism, Journalism