Nikita Sampath

• Educated students at one of India's top liberal arts and science schools in using multimedia to communicate ideas
• Conceptualized and produced multimedia content and marketing materials for Krea University
• Developed a prototype for an interactive virtual reality education module to enhance learning experiences
• Co-developed curriculum and designed interactive exercises for an online and in-person course in creative expression with renowned filmmaker and documentarian Hariharan Krishnan

• Managed media, created proxies and edited surgical procedure videos using Adobe Premiere
• Filmed surgeries being performed at Harvard Medical School

• Curated the news using article-based Topics, selected Featured Articles and crafted push notifications for millions of daily users in India and Indonesia
• Conducted notification experiments in four languages that grew audience several fold and resulted in new product features and improved user targeting based on language settings and preferences
• Worked with Editorial team to develop strategies to cover major news events such as the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and state elections in India

• Wrote and edited press releases and articles on politics, general news, and local community issues
• Managed home page, newsletter, social media and push notifications for necn.com and nbcboston.com

• Reported on communities in Bangladesh coping with climate change, published by New Security Beat and National Geographic in the US and China
• Produced, directed, and filmed award-winning short on Floating Hospitals that was screened at the Consortium of Universities in Global Health conference in April 2017
• Presented finished work to University of Pennsylvania undergraduates in 2019, with digital follow-up presentations that reached youth audiences around the world

• Taught incoming class of journalism graduate students how to tell multimedia stories using Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and other digital reporting tools through a revised syllabus

• Editor of the Internal newsletter, Plug-in; called for and coordinated content from offices in three cities
• Curator and Editor of bi-weekly documentary screenings
• Writer for user experience (UX) and technical documents

• Sourcing and logging footage for Hollywood documentary on the January 6 Capitol insurrection
• Produced and edited photographs, videos and written content for clients including Boston Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston Press Photographers Association, JetBlue Airways and Boston University
• Researched questions, scouted location and set up interview with Wen Stephenson, a prominent climate activist and author, for Climate Media Engine, a web video series by Interlock Media, Inc.
• Reported local enterprise pieces including a lead story for the Somerville Neighborhood News TV station
  

For my Masters capstone project, I partnered with a fellow journalist to produce a multimedia piece on girls escaping the sex-trade in Greater Boston.

My Masters thesis examined the connections between existing feminist theories and the female characters in Director Mani Ratnam’s films with a focus on the role of the "item girl" in regional cinema.