Chitranshu Tewari Email & Phone Number

New Delh, In

▪Subscriptions: Led subscription and business teams to double the subscription revenue to get close to achieving sustainability entirely on subscription -- a feat unheard of in the Indian news ecosystem▪Product: Led teams that developed the award-winning iOS and Android app (4.6 rating across both stores). Led the development and launch of new products like Media Biascope. The app won the INMA Global Media Awards and Digipub Media Awards▪Worked with engineers and designers to revamp the subscription page front-end and cancellation user journey to optimise for renewals and retention ▪Culture-building: Expanded the product, growth, tech and subscription teams to double their strength; trained product managers, social leads, developers and campaign managers. Collaborated with stakeholders across the newsrooms to align teams with subscription goals▪Content: Launched and wrote Stop Press, a media-product newsletter, with more more 5k signups in less than three months. Interviewed key newsmakers, including Sophie Zhang, a Facebook whistleblower▪Helped other independent news media brands with their subscription and product roadmaps. Participated in a 5-month-long consulting with FT Strategies▪ Won the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge to work on accessible technology and make our website and app accessibility friendly

New Delh, In

▪Building on my previous work on subscription and outreach; started with a product role where I led the launch of a new website and rolled out a new CMS, subscription management system and tech stack for the organisation ▪Gathered insights and worked with the product team to make the subscription and payment checkout pages and user journeys more efficient ▪Worked with our product and engineering team to design a new podcast player for the website. The player included features that matched the likes of Spotify and Apple Podcast for podcast experience and resulted in an uptick in listeners by 60%▪Made dashboards for key metrics for journalists and editors across the newsroom ▪Designed and implemented subscription strategies that put us on a rapid subscription growth path▪Led a team of developers to launch the Hindi Newslaundry website▪Led the team that raised more than INR 30 million for The Media Rumble, with partners that included the likes of Google, Facebook, Oxfam and the US Embassy▪Wrote extensively on media; including a ground report on how a leading English channel misled its viewers. Campus Politik, a platform started and led by me, won the Laadli Media Award twice

New Delh, In

▪Joined as Newslaundry's first non-editorial hire and set up the foundation for its subscription revenue; singlehandedly managed subscriber outreach, collaboration, and revenue strategy▪Launched Campus Politik; a platform for young people to write on issues that impact them and their campuses. The platform published reports from more than 30 campuses from across the country▪Designed and launched NL Sena; a crowdfunding program for long-form ground reports. The project went on to fund key assembly elections, with contributions for more than 5K readers.▪Part of the three-person team that designed and set up The Media Rumble, now South Asia's largest news media forum ▪Organised Speak Out in partnership with OML. Speak Out, a national debating contest went to more than 20 colleges across the country, with the finale in Delhi

Delhi Ncr, Delhi Ncr, In

▪ Founded the non-profit as a young teen for environment advocacy and engaging young people in Climate Action▪ Designed capacity-building workshop modules for students. Worked with thousands of students across schools and colleges where we conducted workshops, competitions and discussions around climate mitigation -- from Delhi University to students in Bangladesh and China▪ Trained students who could be leaders of change in their own community/campuses▪ Set up and led the Sustainability Cell at Ramjas College, Delhi University, a student group that mobilised students to make the campus eco eco-friendly. As part of our campaigns, we recycled more than 1 tonne of waster paper, lobbied the college management to install water coolers and organised an Earth Hour concert with lights out▪For our work, I was awarded the Action For Nature Young Eco-Hero Award and the British Council Global Changemaker Award▪ Represented the non-profit and the Indian youth in environment and youth conferences organised by the United Nations Environment Program in South Korea, China, Bangladesh and Turkey

London, London, Gb

Worked as a research assistant where I analysed big companies on environmental transparency and commitments

Mumbai, In

Boston, Ma, Us

Part of the core team that organized and mobilized young people for People’s Climate March 2014— India’s strongest ever call for climate action.

Nairobi, Ke

News Leadership Program By Google News Initiative

Ba (Hons.) Political Science

Conflict Transformation And Peace Building, Peace Studies And Conflict Resolution

One Year Course In “Strategising Successful Social Change Campaigns”

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