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JOURNALIST

Rajan Sharma
956/6, Ghandi  Nagar,
Delhi – 110011
(+91-11) 456 789

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

May 1985-Present FREELANCE JOURNALIST & PHOTOGRAPHER. Cover a variety of current events and general interest topics, including student uprisings in Washington D.C. and town meetings around Virginia and Maryland.

September 1993-present LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK. Currently teaching English Composition and Ethics and the Media 18 hours a week |0 first-, second- and third-year students of Journalism.
1991-1993 LIBRARIAN, SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, MA. Coordinated undergraduate library assistance. Organized fundraising and library activities.
August 1988- September 1990 CONTRIBUTING EDITOR & COLUMNIST, READER’S PARADISE MAGAZINE, BOSTON, MA Published articles on international politics. Authored a fortnightly column “Washington Update” which tracked legislation proposed in Congress.
August 1986-September 1988 CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, PALE MOON PUBLISHING CO., BOSTON, MA. wrote postscripts and flaps for books, corresponded with authors, Researched and co-authored almanac of resume for publication in trade market.

EDUCATION

1991-1993 Warden College, Boston, MA - MASTERS OF FINE ARTS JOURNALISM

1981-1985 Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. - BACHELORS OF ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY

AWARDS

1993 SPRINGFIELD SOCIETY; received scholarship for being “most likely to contribute to the field of publishing.”