maria amir

About

I am a Fulbright fellow from Pakistan currently working on my PhD in Global Gender Studies at University at Buffalo, SUNY. Previously, I taught courses on Gender, Media and Writing at LUMS, Lahore. I have also worked as a journalist in Pakistan for 10 years, primarily in human rights and am Features Editor for The Missing Slate.

Country

united states

City

buffalo

Industry

writing and editing

Skill

creative writing, journalism, editing, feature articles, research, news writing, magazines, storytelling, copy editing, editorial, publications, interviews, blogging, advertising, online journalism, proofreading, copywriting, newspapers, human rights, media relations, documentaries, screenwriting, photography, web content, broadcast journalism, freelance writing, new media, headline writing, newspaper, investigative reporting, content management, publishing, media production, breaking news, content writing, ap style, fact checking, poetry, television, digital media, video editing, writing, multimedia, radio, web content writing, interviewing

Experience

phd student

university at buffalo

2017-8 - Present · 9 yrs 2 mos

PhD in Global Gender Studies

fulbright fellow

the fulbright program

2017-2 - Present · 9 yrs 8 mos

PhD Fellow, Gender Studies

fellow at the new york times, 2011

daniel pearl foundation

2012-3 - 2012-9 · 7 mos

senior qualitative research associate

raabta consultants

2013-2 - 2013-7 · 6 mos

Part time consultancy work on media and violence narratives in Pakistan.

writer, district pages editor

the express tribune

2009-12 - 2012-2 · 2 yrs 3 mos

I worked on the district page for the Lahore paper, where I monitored stories from various districts in Southern Punjab, developed them with the help of local correspondents, calls to police officials and families of those involved in the cases, I translated stories from Urdu, edited them and finalized the copy for the page at the end of each day. I worked extensively on human rights issues i.e. honor killings, child marriages, child labor, minority issues, education and health.

associate creative manager

geo productions

2007-2 - 2008-7 · 1 yr 6 mos

I worked on concept development for both creative programming and infotainment programming. In my time at Geo I introduced over 17 concepts for dramas, documentaries and infotainment content out of which 13 were approved and several went into production. I also worked on script writing and screenplay writing and helped organize the launch of Shoaib Mansoor's film 'Khuda Ke Liye'. I also sat in on all editing sessions.

assistant editor op-ed pages, feature writer, reporter, sub-editor

daily times

2006-1 - 2007-2 · 1 yr 2 mos

During my time at Daily Times, I worked for several desks including the City Desk, Front-Back pages, National desk and the Opinion pages. I worked in the capacity of a sub-editor and feature writer for most of the city and national pages and later worked on editing letters to the editor, columns and finalizing the Opinion Pages before they went to print each evening.

associate editor, interviews

the oxonian

2008-10 - 2009-6 · 9 mos

I was in-charge of conducting interviews and finalizing the list of candidates for each monthly feature. I was able to conduct interviews of several notable academics at Oxford University in this capacity.

english copywriter, creative concepts

ogilvy & mather

2005-5 - 2006-12 · 1 yr 8 mos

I worked at Ogilvy as an English copy writer where I both developed and edited copy for all English language based products at the advertising agency. I checked copy on all final packaging for brands such as Nido, Nestle and Nestle corporate. I also worked as part of the creative team in helping develop concepts for the above mentioned brands.

features editor

the missing slate

2010-7 - Present · 16 yrs 3 mos

The Missing Slate provides a platform currently absent from the global publishing industry -- one unbound to geographical location -- focused only on providing a well-rounded perspective on current affairs, literature and entertainment for the discerning metropolitan.

teaching fellow, department of humanities and social sciences

lahore university of management sciences

2013-8 - Present · 13 yrs 2 mos

I currently teach three subjects Media Writing, Writing and Communication and a course titled 'The Reluctant Feminist'. I am hoping to introduce other courses over time and am working on introducing different Humanities subjects through an inter-disciplinary, writing-based approach.