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	<li>Handled photo and video assignments.</li>
	<li>Wrote the daily oil coverage every morning and covered multiple events like the Singapore Airshow, the opening of Lucasfilm&#39;s Sandcrawler building, and Pussy Riot&#39;s first international trip since their release in December.</li>
	<li>Managed assignments on 2015 OUE Singapore Open and Lee Kuan Yew&#39;s death.</li>
	<li>Worked as the multimedia editor on AFP&#39;s multimedia sports content platform SportsDirect.</li>
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Correspondent

Stefanus provided writing and photography services for multiple clients. For editorial projects, he has worked with Yahoo Singapore and football magazine FourFourTwo Singapore covering news events.

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	<li>Wrote one listicle for FourFourTwo Singapore during the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore and also shot the Singapore vs. Cambodia football match, providing live photos and social media updates from the field during the game. His photos were also used in the match reports and subsequent articles after that.</li>
	<li>Covered multiple events and published on Yahoo Singapore, such as Singapore&#39;s largest parkour event Lion City Gathering and 2016 Singapore Airshow, writing news and feature stories while shooting photographs at the same time.</li>
	<li>Completed some projects with the Football Association of Singapore shooting for international football matches for Singapore&#39;s women&#39;s national team.</li>
	<li>Created travel articles about Singapore for ANZ bank; photos and articles have also been featured in the ANZ blog.</li>
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Writer & Photographer

Run and Gun Media is a media production company providing writing, photography, and videography services.

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	<li>Produced text, photo, and video content for editorial clients such as Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Yahoo Singapore, and commercial clients such as Michelin Guide Singapore.</li>
	<li>Won the 2016 Editors and Publishers Eppy Award for his feature story on Singapore&#39;s underwater rugby team.</li>
	<li>Crafted a photo story on the anniversary of Lee Kuan Yew&#39;s death.</li>
	<li>Shot sports profile videos featuring athletes such as Singapore&#39;s most successful Paralympian, Yip Pin Xiu.</li>
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Multimedia Journalist

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	<li>Assisted the Asia-Pacific SEO squad in managing the SEO content for various international Skyscanner domains.</li>
	<li>Worked with the various country managers in the content management of various page types.</li>
	<li>Maintained a high standard in ensuring effective articles and timely commissions to boost search rankings of specific pages.</li>
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SEO Assistant

Created a feature story on FAT UWR (First Asian Team Underwater Rugby). The video on Facebook garnered 229,000 views, 1,570 shares, and 1,300 reactions. It also won the 2016 EPPY Awards for Best Sports Video on a website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors.

Underwater Rugby

Stefanus Ian

Edited photo and video content for Yahoo! Singapore about Tchoukball. The video gained 78,000 views, 557 shares, and 442 reactions on Facebook.

Tchoukball: A Sport Without Status

Collaborated with Yahoo! Singapore on a series featuring athletes representing Singapore in various sports. Planned the videos in a mobile-friendly square format, standardized a five-second bumper to hook audiences on social media, and created a unified branding for the series.

SEA Games 2017: Synchronized Swimming

Produced and edited a video featuring Jordie, who is paired with Gary Lim, which focuses on how awareness of guide dogs are slowly increasing among members of the public. The news feature elaborates on the process of getting a guide dog and goes through some of the dos and don'ts for the public when encountering a guide dog team.

Guide Dogs

Featured Kyra and Yi Xuan who are only 13 and 14 years old and among the best indoor skydivers in the world.

Team Firefly Indoor Skydiving

Edited a video for Yahoo! Singapore about Garbiñe Muguruza as she reflects on her past performances and reveals her chances at winning the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Finals 2016.

WTA Finals 2016: Garbie Muguruza Feature

Produced content for Yahoo! Singapore about Muhamad Ridhwan, the boxer who has made history by becoming the first Singapore male to win the World Boxing Association Asia Featherweight Championship title after beating Indonesia’s Waldo Sabu.

Muhamad Ridhwan, "The Chosen One"

Featured Innervate CrossFit gym, one of the first CrossFit gyms in Singapore to offer adaptive CrossFit for people with disabilities.

Adaptive Crossfit

Created a story on Lin Dan's withdrawal from the Singapore Open Badminton final against Chen Jin at the last-minute.

Singapore Open Badminton: Lin Dan No-show Leaves Sour Taste As China Win Four of Five Titles

Created content about Singapore boys narrowly missed out on the bronze medal in the 3rd ASEAN Schools Games Artistic Gymnastics competition when Timothy Tay Kai Cheng sustained an injured knee.

ASEAN Schools Artistic Gymnastics: Singapore Boys Miss Out on Medal As Timothy Injures Knee

Featured Singapore’s largest parkour event, the Lion City Gathering (LCG) attended by many international parkour practitioners.

Parkour Group Runs Into Obstacles in Singapore

Covered the Asian Cup game between Singapore and Taiwan.

Asian Cup Qualifier: Singapore Lose 1–2 in Shock Loss to Taiwan; Last in Group

Shot sports profile photos and videos featuring athletes such as Singapore's most successful Paralympian, Yip Pin Xiu.

Levelling the Playing Field

Provided photography on Singapore vs Argentina football game; published on Yahoo Singapore.

Singapore vs Argentina: Fans Disappointed With Lack of Effort From Both Teams

Produced photo and video content for Red Sports on the coverage of National A Division Football Championship final, Victoria Junior College (VJC) vs Meridian Junior College (MJC).

National A Div Football (Girls)

Covered a press conference held by Football Association of Singapore. Story and photo published on Yahoo Singapore.

Better International Friendlies Will Help Lift Singapore Football’s Standards: Hariss

Delivered photos of people erupted into cheers at Changi Airport welcoming Joseph Schooling, the 100m Butterfly Olympic champion.

Rio Daily: A Hero's Welcome

Created content on Singapore's 6-0 loss to Argentina’s national football team.  In the end, the final score from the international friendly between Singapore and Argentina was as expected – a one-sided game that resulted in a 6-0 victory for the visitors, ranked second in the FIFA rankings.  While it took them almost 25 minutes to break the deadlock through Federico Fazio, there would be no stopping Argentina at the National Stadium.

Argentina Rout Singapore 6-0 in International Friendly

Crafted content on Rio Ferdinand's warning to England that they may have left themselves exposed in midfield at the World Cup by omitting Michael Carrick from their core squad for Brazil.

Ferdinand Worried by England's Carrick Snub

Crafted text, photo, and video content for editorial clients such as Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Yahoo Singapore, and commercial clients such as Michelin Guide Singapore.

Run and Gun Media

English (British)

Stefanus Ian is a multimedia journalist with strong expertise in producing text, photo and video content for various global companies. He has written feature stories on a wide range of topics from aviation, sports and covered major events including the missing AirAsia QZ8501, 2016 Singapore Airshow, 2014 Shangri-La Dialogue and 2015 Sea Games and ASEAN Para Games. His text stories have been published in Yahoo Singapore and news wire Agence France-Presse while his photos have graced notable newspapers like Wall Street Journal and on Getty Images. Stefanus' video on the First Asian Underwater Rugby Team has also won the 2016 Best Sports Video at Editor and Publisher EPPY Awards.

Stefanus Ian

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Underwater Rugby

Tchoukball: A Sport Without Status

SEA Games 2017: Synchronized Swimming

Guide Dogs

Team Firefly Indoor Skydiving

WTA Finals 2016: Garbie Muguruza Feature

Underwater Rugby

Tchoukball: A Sport Without Status

SEA Games 2017: Synchronized Swimming

Guide Dogs

Team Firefly Indoor Skydiving

WTA Finals 2016: Garbie Muguruza Feature