Gena Ng Yun Rui
Email:
Website:
genanyr@gmail.com
http://genanyr.journoportfolio.com
Qualifications
2012 MA Science Journalism
City University London
2011 Certificate of Completion in Photography
The Arts University College at Bournemouth
2011 BA in Liberal Studies (with concentration in Mass Communications)
Oklahoma City University, MDIS
2007 Diploma in Accounting and Finance
Temasek Polytechnic
Work Experience
ASSISTANT MANAGER, Ministry of Communications and Information
Feb 2015 – Present
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Develop content for key public communication messages
o Conceptualise, develop and edit content on issues and policies for online platforms
o Manage websites and various social media channels
PRODUCER, Digital Platform, Channel NewsAsia
July 2014
– Feb 2015
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Wrote advertorial and editorial features for clients
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Designed and created digital content for special/commissioned projects
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Supported Channel NewsAsia’s TV programmes with the creation and maintenance of
microsites
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Conceptualised and created Channel NewsAsia’s luxury digital magazine Premier
(http://www.channelnewsasia.com/premier)
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Generated ideas, wrote features on topics such as food, travel, personalities, style, and
pursuits, as well as managed Premier’s editorial calendar
PRODUCER, Enews, Channel NewsAsia Online
Feb 2013 – July 2014
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Converted TV scripts to online copy
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Sub-edited and fact-checked international and local news stories
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Sourced and curated photos for the day’s “News in Pictures”
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Wrote features for channelnewsasia.com’s Tech, Health, Entertainment and Lifestyle
sections
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Created infographics for news stories
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Edited and sent out SMS news alerts
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Wrote and edited news tickers
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Managed and created content for Channel NewsAsia’s microsites
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Supported Channel NewsAsia’s TV programmes with the creation and maintenance of
microsites
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Researched and tested the latest web design trends and digital journalism tools
FREELANCE SCIENCE JOURNALIST
2011 - 2013
 Wrote and sub-edited science news and features, as well as produced web videos for
London-based science portal Elements Science
(https://www.youtube.com/user/elementsscience01)
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Wrote and edited news and features on women in science for the blog Science Glass Ceiling
(http://www.scienceglassceiling.wordpress.com)
INTERN, King Lion Media
2012
STUDENT TOUR GUIDE, Team Azuchi
2007 – 2011
INTERN, Sing Investments & Finance Limited
2006
PART-TIME WRITER, The Martini Lounge
2005 – 2006