Sam Sambandan

Bio

V.S. Sambandan

Profile

English language print and online journalist in The Hindu, an Indian national daily newspaper, with excellent communication, editorial and management skills.

Experience includes launching and implementing the newspaper’s new website, www.thehindu.com, online news and content management, foreign correspondent and editorial writer. Interviewed Heads of States, academics and a spectrum of policy makers.

Strong postgraduate qualifications in Economics with experience in making complex topics accessible to an international readership.

Career Highlights

Journalism
Correspondent, editorial writer, editor, foreign correspondent, and news manager: Areas include foreign affairs, Indian economics and social issues, politics, conflicts, natural disasters and general news, features, op-ed and editorials.

Experience in India and Sri Lanka: news, economic, political and military analyses, research-based country analyses.

Editorial management / production

Conceptualised and launched new online and print products. Supervised and managed an online news team. Liaised with marketing, technical and digital media teams.

Professional Affiliation

President and Secretary, Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Sri Lanka
Handled the public profile of the Association, organised interactions with international newsmakers; planned and organised multimedia exhibition on the 2004-tsunami.

Languages: English (IELTS Score: 8.5), Tamil (mother tongue)

Currently

Studies at:: Bournemouth University
Location in:: Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Sam has worked/studied in

India
Sri Lanka
United Kingdom

Sam speaks

English
Tamil

Sam has experience in

Communications/Media
Education

Work

1993 – 2011	Senior Assistant Editor The Hindu English daily newspaper , India The Hindu, Chennai, India. Senior Assistant Editor: June 2008 – May 2011 Deputy to Internet Editor Active participant in editorial and technical meetings to implement a new website for The Hindu. Coordinated newsroom operations and managed staff, content and workflow of the website and social media (Web 2.0, Facebook and Twitter). Expert user of Content Management System. Wrote editorials on the global economic crisis, labour, rural development, and the social sector.
2007 – 2008 (Oct – May)	Editor Standard & Poor's , United Kingdom Standard & Poor’s, London. U.K. Editor: October 2007 – May 2008 Editor, International Public Finance Edited and published credit rating reports, press releases and commentaries by analysts. Member of an editorial team commissioning articles from European analysts.
1993 – 2006	Foreign Correspondent The Hindu English daily newspaper, India , Sri Lanka The Hindu, Chennai: December 1993 – July 2006 Foreign Correspondent, Sri Lanka and the Maldives: June 2002 – June 2006 and June 1998 – June 2000 News, analysis, opinion and feature writing on Sri Lankan affairs. Interviews, analyses on the civil war, peace process, elections, politics, business, the 2004-tsunami, politics of the Maldives. Editorial Coordinator & Leader Writer, June 2000 – June 2002 Wrote editorials and analyses on India’s economy and the social sector. Commissioned, edited, and wrote articles and interviews on business and economics. In charge of design, layout and production of weekly broadsheet supplement The Hindu Business Review. Coordinated and launched The Hindu-Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year, 2002. Principal Correspondent (1996-1998) News, features, and interviews on business, economics, social and economic issues, politics and society in southern India. Senior Correspondent (1993-1996) Business and Economics: Reported and analysed India’s macroeconomic transformation to a liberalised economy.
1991 (Jun – Oct)	Part-time lecturer in Marketing Loyola College; University of Madras , India Part time lecturer (Evening College) in Marketing Also taught Micro-Economics

Education

2011 – 2012	Bournemouth University MBA (Media) (MBA)
1991 – 1998	University of Madras Economics (PHD)
1988 – 1990	University of Madras Economics (Oe)
1986 – 1988	University of Madras Indian Economics (Masters)
1983 – 1986	Loyola College; University of Madras Economics (Bachelors)