About Aranya, For Serious

For those of you wondering if I have any REAL credentials… here they be, yo!

WORK EXPERIENCE

Editor — Playboy Magazine

Editor | Online Community Manager — Playboy.com

Editorial Assistant — Chicago Home + Garden Magazine

Reporter | Staff Writer — Connection Newspapers

Tour Publicist | Publicity Coordinator — RCA Records

Marketing Assistant | TV Guide Channel

Editorial Intern — Rolling Stone Magazine

Contributing Writer | Freelancer  — LivingSocial Instant Chicago, The Smoking Jacket, DVM Magazine, Mixer Magazine, InkblotMagazine.com, MusicToday.com, GothamGrooves.com, Monkeystyle Records

EDUCATION

Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism | Masters of Science, New Media & Magazine Journalism

University of Virginia | Bachelor of Arts, English Literature & Creative Writing

AWARDS

Recipient of 12 Virginia Press Association Awards:

  • First Place — Business and Financial Writing 2007
  • First Place — General News Writing 2007
  • First Place — General Makeup 2007
  • Second Place — Government Writing and Public Safety Writing 2007
  • First Place —  General News Writing 2006
  • First Place — General Makeup 2006
  • Second Place — Public Safety Writing 2006
  • Second Place — Education Writing 2006
  • Second Place — Feature Series or Continuing Story 2006
  • Third Place — Combination Picture and Story 2006
  • First Place — General News Writing 1999
  • First Place — Local Election Coverage 1999

Nominee for the Medill School of Journalism’s Robert Wieder Award

ORGANIZATIONS

Member of the Asian American Journalists Association