Timothy Misir
Finance Writer

Timothy Misir

Finance copyeditor for The Atlantic & TimeOut.

About

Timothy Misir is a journalist, copywriter and editor with ten years of journalism experience in various fields. His stories have been published in The Moscow Times, St. Petersburg Times, The Atlantic, Urban Land Magazine, Citiscope, TimeOut, ASEAN Today, The Straits Times and The Business Times. Timothy has a diverse writing portfolio spanning long-form features, profiles, interviews and straight news tackling banking and finance, architecture/urban planning, precious metals and mining, technology, wellness and art.

Employment

5 roles
Dec 2018 - Present 7 years 5 months
Editor
finews.ch

finews.ch is a Swiss news portal for working professionals in the financial industry.

  • Wrote and edited articles covering banking and finance.
  • Set publication standards and established goals and expectations.
  • Reviewed copies to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation and syntax.
Apr 2015 - Present 11 years 1 month
Managing Editor
Perfect Page

Perfect Page is an editorial services company founded in Singapore providing a range of services for print and digital content projects across various industries.

  • Provided copywriting, editing, subbing and proofreading services.
  • Clients: World Bank, DBS Treasures, UOB, Enterprise Singapore, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore Bullion Market Association, Singapore Land Authority, Land Transport Authority and National Library Board.
Aug 2014 - Mar 2015 7 months
Senior Copyeditor
RIA Novosti

RIA Novosti is a Russian multimedia group which has its core news agency, a revered and widely quoted source of timely and accurate news with an extensive network of correspondents in 69 Russian cities and 49 countries.

  • Copyedited daily stories, essays, investigations, features, videos, graphics, and app/display copy for style, sensitivity, grammar, punctuation, spelling, consistency and clarity.
  • Helped maintain the RIA Novosti Style Guide and internal resources.
  • Tracked changes effectively and maintained accurate versioning records.
Jul 2013 - Aug 2014 1 year 1 month
Arts Reporter & Copyeditor
The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times is an English-language weekly newspaper published in Moscow.

  • Created stories about arts, interviewed artists, attended productions and wrote reviews.
  • Reviewed and revised content for accuracy and quality.
  • Communicated and worked with the production team to ensure that content is published promptly.
Aug 2012 - Jul 2013 11 months
Researcher
Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture & Design

Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design is a non-profit international educational project which incorporates an education programme on urbanism and urban development.

  • Researched on Moscow's urban and user-generated data and how it can be used to generate new insights on space and spatiality for the redesign of urban space.
  • Assisted in organizing a public exhibition of projects and research materials.
  • Worked also as a tutor at the Higher School of Economics for its summer program during which students researched urban regeneration and developed proposals for a city park.

Education

Jan 2009 - Dec 2010 1 year 11 months
Master of Arts, Contemporary Politics in Europe
Università degli Studi di Siena
Jan 2008 - Dec 2009 1 year 11 months
Master of Arts, European Governance
The University of Kent
Jan 2005 - Dec 2008 3 years 11 months
Bachelor of Arts, Euporean Studies, Religious Studies
National University of Singapore

Portfolio

18 items