Journalism and media résumés in Delhi: bylines, beats and what you broke
Delhi is the centre of Indian news, and journalism hiring here is judged on work rather than description. An editor reading applications wants to know your beat, where you have published, and what you have broken — and then wants to read three pieces.
The résumé therefore does two things: it establishes the beat and the level, and it gets the clips opened. Everything else is secondary.
Beat and publication, stated first
Which beat, for how long, and at which publications. Politics, policy, business, courts, defence, health, environment — specificity matters because editors hire for a desk with a vacancy.
A generalist reporter and a courts specialist are different hires. Claiming both reads as neither, and Delhi has enough specialists that generalism is not competitive above entry level.
What you broke, and what happened
Three or four stories, named, with what they were and what followed. A story that prompted a response — an official reaction, a policy change, a follow-up in other publications — is a stronger credential than a larger number of routine filings.
Where the work was collaborative, say what your part was. Bylines are shared in investigative work and editors know how that works.
Digital numbers where they exist
Traffic on your biggest pieces, newsletter subscribers if you ran one, social reach if genuinely relevant. Many Delhi newsrooms now hire partly on audience.
Do not inflate these. Analytics are shared between newsroom staff and the numbers travel.
The clips link
First line, working, pointing at three to five pieces rather than an undifferentiated archive. Choose the pieces relevant to the desk you are applying to.
For broadcast, a showreel of no more than three minutes. Nobody watches more, and a long reel suggests an inability to select.
How Content Factory writes it
Content Factory is a writing studio in Chennai, and résumés are one of the things we produce. We look at the clips before writing, and often the most useful advice is which three pieces to lead with.
Every commission begins with your current document and two or three advertisements you are genuinely targeting. We interview briefly for the numbers behind each claim, because most candidates describe substantial work in language that makes it sound small.
The document is rebuilt single-column with standard headings and month-and-year dates, so applicant tracking systems parse it cleanly, and the wording is aligned to those advertisements without inventing experience you do not have. We will not promise an ATS score — there is no published scoring model and any number quoted to you is invented.
Delhi clients receive editable Word and PDF within three to five working days, with one revision round. The price is fixed in writing before work begins and the work is yours outright.