Biography
After graduating from Columbia Journalism School in 1992, Shailaja
Neelakantan worked as a journalist in New York for eight years.
She was a staff writer for Forbes, Fox News Online, Bloomberg
News and India Abroad. She moved to Hong Kong in 2001 and after
a year returned to New Delhi, where she'd attended Lady Shri
Ram College and worked for the Indian Express.
WORK EXPERIENCE
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Washington
DC, Jul 2004 - Present
South Asia Correspondent
- News articles, features about higher education in South
Asia
FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW, Hong Kong (freelance)
- Book and film reviews; articles on culture, lifestyle.
ASIA TIMES, Hong Kong (freelance)
BROADBANDITS: THE $50 BILLION HEIST, Publisher:Wiley
& Co. New York, NY
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES, Hong Kong SAR
Editor, Greater China Region
- Edited spot news and features on the stock, bond and foreign
exchange markets of Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.
CONNECT CAPITAL, Mumbai, India (Asian wing of
Insight Capital Partners, New York, NY)
Consultant
- Editorial strategies for venture capital firm's incubator
project, Netscribes, a content-provider for international
website clients; Edited corporate documents for the firm and
its portfolio companies.
FOXNEWSONLINE, New York, NY
Internet Reporter
- Wrote analytical articles on evolving Internet strategies;
Covered the NASDAQ, e-commerce, online trading.
FORBES MAGAZINE, New York, NY
Reporter
- Wrote business features on various industries; Worked on
Forbes 400 list of wealthy individuals; book, music reviews..
BLOOMBERG BUSINESS NEWS, Princeton, NJ
Reporter
- Covered emerging markets, country funds, earnings, IPOs;
Interviews for Bloomberg Television.
INDIAN EXPRESS, New Delhi
Reporter
- Wrote on metro issues, legal issues, city government; Covered
the 1991 national elections in India.
FREELANCE
NASDAQ MAGAZINE, London (freelance) Nov 1996 -
Mar 2000
- Wrote analytical features on technology companies listed
on the NASDAQ.
ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT, New York, NY (freelance)
Jul 1997 - Jan 1999
- Edited country risk reports and outlooks for The Economist’s
subscriber services.
EDUCATION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM,
New York, N.Y. Sep 1992 - May 1993
- MS Journalism, May 1993; Full scholarship; Focus on international
economics
- Received 75th Anniversary fellowship, Foreign Press Association,
New York, NY
DELHI UNIVERSITY, LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE, New Delhi
Jul 1986 - Jul 1989
- BA Honors in Politics; First Class with distinction.Varsity
table tennis, debating; created street theatre troupe.
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