Dr Paula Ray Email & Phone Number

New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

It is a news portal of, by and for all migrants who have called this land their home – no matter how briefly. MVNZ is their platform to voice their views, engage in critical discussions, objective analysis and expert reviews of every little thing that shapes their lives.

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Developing a research culture at Aspire2 International, by providing support to staff and required infrastructure to be research active.Developed NZQA-approved Diploma in Communication, which includes courses in Business Communication, Organisational Communication, Intercultural/ Interpersonal Communication, and Public Relations. I also teach courses that include: Global Business Communication, Marketing, HRM.

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Courses include: Strategic Workplace Communication; Professional and eBusiness Writing.

Auckland, New Zealand

Management of editorial content and production of the weekly newspaper, by writing analytical articles on the socio-political and cultural issues that concern the community; editing articles, identifying potential news for Kiwi-Indian community; and assigning articles; in addition, to writing two columns: one on socio-political issues of concern and another on ethnic affairs.

Auckland, New Zealand

Courses include: Gender, Politics and Media; Media Studies; Advertising & Society; Film Studies; Technical Communication (Faculty of Engineering); Business and Enterprise (Business School).

Facebook-based activism among urban Indian women users.

Instrumental in the launch of the daily, from its inception to reaching a circulation figure of 1,20,000 copies per day within its first year of operation. I also wrote a column called, 'Paula Talkies', where I would interview the personalities that made Pune the city it is today.

London, United Kingdom

Reporting on the UK news and lifestyle features for www.indianexpress.com, www.buzz18.com, www.idiva.com, www.indiwo.com, www.deccanherald.com and www.femina.in (a BBC and Times Group publication).Designed brochures for restaurants and nightclubs along Brick Lane, East London.Technical editor for an independent London-based market researcher.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the production of the credit industry B2B monthly magazine. From commissioning work to contract writers, liaising with the design team on the layout, editing the articles to make them reader-friendly, to overseeing the printing process - all tasks had to be completed within a given time-frame.

Instrumental in the launch of the daily and specifically responsible for the ‘Opinion - Editorial’ pages.

Calcutta

Responsible for production of the newspaper’s Sunday magazine ‘Graphiti’, along with fulfilling duties of a feature writer.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Trained to receive inbound calls relating to queries on family tax and child tax credits.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Worked as a temp on a youth development project at the Council's office in Holbeck. As an international student, it was an invaluable work experience.

Calcutta

Learned the basics of reporting, editing and the production process in print media.

Calcutta

I worked on the World Bank project: 'Child labour in sericulture'

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), New Media Studies

Thesis titled- Facebook-based activism among urban Indian women users

Graddip In Secondary Teaching

Recipient of Te Huarau Scholarship by www.teachnz.govt.nz

Ma, International Communication

Thesis titled- Communication for Development: Objectives, Strategies and Outcomes.

Ma, Political Science

Thesis titled - Population Explosion: How to Contain?

Ba, Political Science