Writer · Storyteller · Content Strategist

I find the story, then choose the medium.

Four years moving between a newsroom, a radio studio, a film set and a brand desk. Nine full-page features in print. Three years on air. A short film shot in Paris. The craft is the same every time — find the true thing, then build the shape that carries it.

Surabhi Jha, photographed on the Eiffel Tower with Paris behind her
Surabhi Jha — Paris
01 — Story

Most writers do one thing well. I spent four years learning what happens to a story when you change its shape — paragraph into script, script into voice, voice into a scene someone sits still for.

Print. Brands. Camera. The ear. Same instinct, different room.

Surabhi Jha on a cobbled street in Montmartre, Paris

Montmartre, Paris — between a newsroom and a film set

I started on the VARIETY desk of an Indore daily, writing whole pages on monsoon corn, clay pots, dance therapy and hydration — the kind of soft-news beat that teaches you fast that nobody owes you their attention.

Then radio: three years behind the mic at 90.4 FM, producing and hosting shows and podcasts, running awareness campaigns with UNICEF and CRA. Then Mumbai, where I wrote features and interviewed Amit Trivedi, Nakuul Mehta and Mike Hankey for a masthead that behaved like a real one.

Then Paris — a post-graduate diploma in cinema, a documentary on neurodivergence I scripted and acted in, and a psychological drama short I ran as production manager from first schedule to final shoot day.

Now I write content that has to perform: scripts for Reels and long-form YouTube, landing copy, campaign concepts, newsletters — and increasingly, the websites they live on.

  • Now Content Writer & web design, Nebulogic Technologies
  • Also Creative strategy for D2C & real-estate brands
  • Languages English, Hindi
02 — Craft

Five ways I get
a story to land.

01

Editorial & Journalism

Feature writing, reporting, interviews, news analysis, press releases. Nine published full-page features and a habit of over-researching.

02

Brand & Content Strategy

Content calendars, campaign concepts, landing copy, emailers, newsletters, SEO and website audits. Built for engagement and leads, not for the folder.

03

Scripts & Screenwriting

Reels, Shorts, long-form YouTube, documentary and short-film scripts. Story development that survives the edit.

04

Radio, Podcast & Voice

Show production, hosting, live audience work, voice acting and narration for documentaries and ads. Three years of it, weekly.

05

Production & Direction

Pre-production to wrap: scheduling, casting support, logistics, production design, reports. I direct content shoots and keep them on time.

03 — Published work

Nine full pages.
One byline.

Written for First Print, Indore — the VARIETY page, June–July 2022. Each one is a whole broadsheet page: my copy, my angle, my headline. Open any page to read it.

Drag · scroll · click a page
Newspaper page: Blustery season is here and so is corn cob
Barish or Bhutta

Blustery season is here and so is corn cob

14 June 2022 · Culture
Newspaper page: Meditation is being in tune together with your inner universe
Contemplation

Meditation is being in tune with your inner universe

15 June 2022 · Wellness
Newspaper page: My hero, my guide, my companion
Father’s Day

My hero, my guide, my companion

16 June 2022 · Personal essay
Newspaper page: Hard work and fate
Diligence & Destiny

Hard work and fate

17 June 2022 · Essay
Newspaper page: The future depends on what we do in the present
Forthcoming

The future depends on what we do in the present

23 June 2022 · Essay
Newspaper page: Dance, a therapy to precise confined up feelings
Dance Therapy

Dance — a therapy for feelings you can’t say out loud

24 June 2022 · Wellness
Newspaper page: Angels visit the home where clay utensils are used
Craft Tradition of India

Angels visit the home where clay utensils are used

26 June 2022 · Craft
Newspaper page: Drinking water is the world's first and foremost medicine
Hydration

Drinking water is the world’s first and foremost medicine

29 June 2022 · Health
Newspaper page: Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life
Music Instrument

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life

02 July 2022 · Arts

More work,
on request.

Brand scripts, campaign decks, newsletters and shoot boards live behind NDAs. Ask and I’ll walk you through them.

Request the reel
“Nobody owes you their attention. You earn the second sentence with the first one.”
— what the VARIETY desk taught me
04 — Film, air & conversation

Not everything
is a paragraph.

Short film · Paris

Psychological drama — Production Manager

Ran end-to-end production for a short film at Don Bosco International Media Academy: schedules, casting support, transport, catering, equipment, prop sourcing and set prep, plus daily production reports between the creative and technical teams. Pre-production to final shoot day.

Apr – May 2026
Documentary

Neurodivergence — Scriptwriter & Actor

Scripted and performed in a documentary on neurodivergence, then sat with the editors to shape the cut.

2023 · DBIMA Paris
Radio · 90.4 FM

Radio Jockey — Apno Radio

Three years producing, scripting and hosting shows and podcasts, including awareness campaigns with UNICEF and CRA. Live audience, no second take.

2021 – 2023
In conversation with
  • Amit Trivedi composer
  • Nakuul Mehta actor
  • Mike Hankey journalist

Long-form interviews for Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai — on the decisions that shape a career.

2023 – 2024
Print · Magazine

Youth Unbound

Bylines, features and news for XIC’s annual magazine, plus editorial meetings and training sessions for the desk.

2023 – 2024
Voice

Voice-over & narration

Voice acting for documentaries and advertisements, audio narration, on-camera communication. Reel available on request.

Ongoing
Digital · Web

Words, and the pages they live on

Increasingly I design the site as well as write it — structure, hierarchy, copy and layout together, so the reading experience isn’t an afterthought. This portfolio is one of them.

2026 · Ongoing
Next

Bring me a brief.

Campaign, column, script, or something that doesn’t have a name yet.

Start a conversation
05 — Path

Indore to Paris,
the long way.

  1. 2021

    First Print, Indore — Intern

    News coverage and editorial. Where SEO, digital journalism and publishing workflow stopped being words on a syllabus.

  2. 2021–23

    90.4 FM Apno Radio — Radio Jockey

    Produced, scripted and hosted shows and podcasts. Campaigns with UNICEF and CRA on awareness and youth empowerment.

  3. 2023

    DBIMA, Paris — Documentary

    Scriptwriter and actor on a documentary about neurodivergence.

  4. 2023–24

    Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai — Content Writer & Interviewer

    Features, bylines, editorial meetings, training sessions, the annual magazine, and interviews with Amit Trivedi, Nakuul Mehta and Mike Hankey.

  5. 2025

    MachineMaker, Pune — Executive, Print & Online

    Researched, wrote and edited features for print and digital. Cover lines, story ideas, daily news and proofing.

  6. 2025–26

    BML Munjal University (Hero Group), Delhi — Content Marketing

    Emailers, brochures, flyers and collateral. Newsletter editing and full website content audits against brand.

  7. 2026

    DBIMA, Paris — Production Manager

    Post-graduate diploma in Cinema & Audio Visual. Ran production on a psychological drama short.

  8. Now

    Nebulogic Technologies — Content Writer

    Writing across the brand — and designing the websites the writing lives on. Alongside creative-strategy work for D2C and real-estate brands: Instagram, YouTube, ad creative and shoot direction.

Journalism

Digital journalism · Feature writing · Reporting · News analysis · Interviewing · Press releases

Film & AV

Scriptwriting · Documentary production · Visual storytelling · Film analysis · Story development · Basic editing

Broadcast

Radio production · Podcast hosting · Voice-over · On-camera communication

Content

Copywriting · Content strategy · Editing · SEO · Editorial writing · Web design

Tools

Audacity · WordPress · CMS platforms · Microsoft Office · Canva

Off the clock

District-level basketball · Rajasthani folk dance · Singing

06 — Contact

Let’s make something worth finishing.

surabhijha2008@gmail.com

Say hello

surabhijha2008@gmail.com +91 63774 50665

Elsewhere

LinkedIn Instagram Résumé (PDF)

Where

New Delhi, India

--:-- IST · remote worldwide

Taking on

Voice-over & narration. Brand content and scripts. Editorial features. Content-strategy sprints.

Freelance and project work alongside a full-time role — and the right full-time brief always gets a reply.