Career Goal
Position, in any area of journalism, Internet publishing, project management, teaching online journalism requiring planning, highly developed interpersonal and writing skills.

Education
Tertiary
2000
Master of Arts (Research). "Online News: The integration of print and online news services at The Singapore Straits Times and The Melbourne Age." Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

1998
Bachelor of Arts (Journalism)
Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Majors: Introduction to Multimedia Technology, Film and TV Scriptwriting, Supervised Project and Economics.
Course GPA - 5.75 (Scale 1 - 7, 7 highest)

1992 - 1995
Diploma in Mass Communication Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore. Specialisation: Advanced Newswriting, Applied Marketing Communications, Television Journalism, Conventions & Exhibition Services.

Secondary
1988 - 1991 Cambridge 'O' Level Certificate
Beatty Secondary School, Singapore

Other Qualifications/Skillls

Skills Developed
- Highly developed reporting & news gathering skills
- Writing skills for print & electronic media
- Sound knowledge of news & current affairs

Team Projects
- Web site for school journalism paper, Communique Online
- TV/Radio news & current affairs programme for 4EB & Briz 31

Individual Project
- Web site development & maintenance for Communique Online

Foreign language skills
- Proficient in written and spoken Malay
- Familiar with Hindi & Gujurati
- Studied conversational Mandarin and French

Technical Skills
- PC & Macintosh solid working knowledge of:
- WordPerfect
- Dbase IV
- Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Pagemaker
- BBEdit
- Multimedia Applications
- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Macromedia Director
- Macromedia Fireworks

Personal Data
Born on 1st December 1975, Single. Excellent health. Interests include travelling, canoeing, hiking, camping, swimming, soccer, tennis and watching movies.

Referees
Mr Paul Brown
Executive Editor,
fineArt forum

Mr Roger Malina
Executive Editor,
Leonardo Publications

Assoc Prof Stuart Cunningham
Director, Creative Industries Research & Applications Centre
Faculty of Creative Industries, QUT

Cratis Hippocrates
Group Editorial Training Manager
John Fairfax Limited

Ms Sharon Tickle
International Marketing Manager (Asia and Latin America)
Griffith University

Mr Philip Cheah
Director
Singapore International Film Festival Pte Ltd

Supt Chin Fook Leong
Commdr, Airport Police
Singapore Police Force

Mrs Choo Y.C.H
Deputy Director, Film Sound & Video
School of Film & Media Studies
Ngee Ann Polytechnic