Roshni Abayasekara

Singaporean journalist, author and academic. Area of expertise: On-air presentation, broadcast journalism, reporting, field-producing, in-house package producing for television and online. New media and speech professor, voiceover talent, new media project management, crisis communications & prevention management, media relations, media risk management, public information, press relations, fund raising, donor relations and advocacy. Fluent in French and English. Conversational in Bahasa, Sinhala and Mandarin. Author of the book BECAUSE MY DREAM MATTERS, a publication of a series of profiles of women of courage who passed through the Singapore social/welfare system.

Education

• Master of Science Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism (1999 — 2001)
• Bachelor of Arts The American University of Paris (1991 — 1995)
• International Baccaulareate United World College of South East Asia (1984.09 — 1989.05)

Companies

• Adjunct Assistant Professor National University of Singapore (2016 — 2017)
• Lecturer, Wee Kim Wee School of Communications & Information Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2016 — 2017)
• Senior Fellow, Climate Change + Press Lead & Broadcast + Communications Trainer Organising for Action (2012 — 2015)
• Presenter & Executive Producer (Assistant Vice President) Channel News Asia (2010 — 2011)
• Editorial Profile Manager for the Redevelopment of the UN Career Website United Nations, Department of Field Support (2009 — 2010)
• Correspondent UNICEF (2008 — 2009)
• Communications Officer (Asia & The Pacific) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2005 — 2006)
• Broadcast Journalist, BBC World Service Television & Radio BBC News (2001 — 2005)
• Producer/Back-up Presenter CNBC Asia, Singapore CNBC Asia, Singapore (1997 — 1999)