Biography

Shajan C Kumar is experimenting on Interactive Digital Communication Techniques connecting to the world of Social Media Networking. The need for quality content is amazing and curating it is a challenge by itself!

Shajan is an experienced Design Editor based in New Delhi. He has worked with The India Today Group, The Indian Express Group, The New Indian Express Group and HT Media Group. He actively participated in the launch of 'Mint'​, the business daily from the HT Media group in an exclusive partnership with The Wall Street Journal. During this time, he had the chance to work closely with the world renowned Visual Journalist Dr. Mario Garcia (Sr.) and his team.

An expert in design software packages like QuarkXpress, InDesign, iRite pagination system, Methode Pagination system, Illustrator, Freehand, Photoshop and CorelDraw Shajan has experimented with new techniques on Information Graphics. He has won the first Ejourno & Syntel Fellowship to work on 'Impact of Internet on visual Journalism'.

Shajan is an empanelled Designer with NID, Ahmedabad. and Member of the Society of News Design and Young Readers Network. He has taken classes on News Design at Madras Christian College; Chennai, Asian College of Journalism; Chennai, MASCOM; Kottayam, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi and NID, Ahmedabad. He has also conducted an IFRA workshop on News Design.

Specialties: Interactive Journalism and Newspaper in Education are the two favorite subjects of Shajan and he is researching on them. Developing new tools for better and ethical journalism is the dream project for Shajan. He has also presented a paper in a web seminar conducted by The Pennsylvania State University on Best Practices in Journalism Education series (Protocols for a design team).

Shajan is currently associated with the Mathrubhumi Daily in Kochi, Kerala, India.