Journalist at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto, Canada Area
- Current
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- Journalist at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Senior Writer at Canadian Broadcsting Corporation
- Journalist at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Past
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- News Director at Trinidad & Tobago Television
- Education
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- Master of Journalism (MJ)
- Connections
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- Industry
- Broadcast Media
- Websites
Jai Parasram’s Summary
JAI PARASRAM is a Canadian journalist who works for the online service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBCnews.ca). He was a member of the team that inaugurated Newsworld, the 24-hour cable news service of the CBC, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1989. As lineup editor he produced and edited the first newscast to air on the service on July 31, 1989. He left Newsworld in 1998 and established Jyoti Communication to provide communication and media consultantcy services. His main projects have involved training journalists, program development for radio and television, corporate imaging, event management and media projects for clients in the Caribbean, Canada and the United States. Jai returned to the CBC in 2003 to help create the Crawl for CBC Newsworld, which he launched on April 7, 2003. Jai's career began in his native Trinidad in 1972 and spans more than three decades, mostly in television, during which he has worked as a reporter, editor, producer, interviewer, news anchor and executive producer. He has won several journalism awards. Jai, who is also a documentary producer, holds a Master of Journalism degree (MJ) from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Jai Parasram’s Specialties:
Writer, editor, broadcaster, communication and media consultant, documentary producer, event planning and management, corporate imaging, training for radio and television, radio and television program development
Jai Parasram’s Experience
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Journalist
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(Broadcast Media industry)
Currently holds this position
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Senior Writer
Canadian Broadcsting Corporation
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; cbcnews.ca; Broadcast Media industry)
June 1988 — Present (21 years 7 months)
Writer/Editor for the online service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (www.cbcnews.ca/news).since March 2003
Previously:
-Independent Media/Communication Consultant, Jyoti Communication (1998-2003)
-Televsion Producer, CBC Newsworld (1998)
-Lineup Editor, CBC Newsworld (1989-1998) -
Journalist
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(Government Agency; Broadcast Media industry)
June 1988 — Present (21 years 7 months)
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News Director
Trinidad & Tobago Television
(Broadcast Media industry)
February 1972 — August 1986 (14 years 7 months)
Jai Parasram’s Education
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Master of Journalism (MJ)
Additional Information
Jai Parasram’s Websites:
Jai Parasram’s Interests:
Communication, Media, Global Affairs
Jai Parasram’s Groups:
Canadian Media Guild, Association of Professional Journalists
Jai Parasram’s Honors:
Several media awards for Excellence in Journalism - Trinidad & Tobago and the Caribbean
Jai Parasram’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
