a brief profile

2007-07-16T10:55:00.000-07:00

Flynn Remedios, journalist, writer, editor, Techno-legal, Brand & Image Management consultant is one of India's most prolific writers. With about 15,000 published articles in about 15 years, he has a record of sorts. He is also a visiting lecturer at some prestigious institutions in India. His blog can be found at http://futuristicmedianetwork.blogspot.com. He is currently the Executive Editor and COO of L-nL Fashionista – a super premium fashion and lifestyle magazine.

THE GREAT INDIAN CINDERELLA HUNT project - a nationwide talent search project that aims to identify and develop talent from 3 years to 30 years spread over 5 categories of the performing arts, is conceptualised, directed, produced and executed by Flynn Remedios and his team at Bollywood Brands.

He is the founder of FUTURISTIC MEDIA NETWORK - a pan-Asian Network of freelance journalists and writers and FUTURISTIC EVENTS (http://futuristicevents.blogspot.com/), a specialised Event Management, Promotions and Advertising company for niche and customised events, backstage co-ordination.

He has set up BOLLYWOOD BRANDS (http://bollywoodbrands.blogspot.com/), a premium BRAND, PERCEPTION AND IMAGE re-engineering and management consulting firm that caters to the PR, image and perception needs of Bollywood stars, item girls, models and wannabes. BOLLYWOOD BRANDS also handles model and artiste management, co-ordination, specialised photo and portfolio shoots, film and ad film designing and production.

He is the organizer of Ms Bikini India 2007 with Sanjay Manocha Editor and Publisher of Lace n Lingerie Magazine. He has written on subjects like Technology (The Economic Times), Fashion and Lifestyle, Music, Movies, (Sunday Review) Markets and Finance (The Asian Age), Crime (The Free Press Journal), Politics (The Sunday Observer/Current), Environment (The Sunday Times of India).

His columns on Futuristics published online at www.oneindia.in are a bit hit among geeks, nerds and techno freaks.

He is known as the original sting-ops expert and investigative journalist. In the year 1996, his article on Where to buy an AK-47 in Mumbai published as a cover story in Island Magazine from the Magna Group created a furor among police and political circles.

This was before the advent of investigative television journalism in India. His investigative stories on Rave Parties (exposing a section of the film industry), child trafficking, Casting Couch and others got him as many bouquets as it did brickbats. His expose on corruption in the topmost echelons of the Shiv Sena (a local fundamentalist political party) in Mumbai got him nearly killed.

He has worked in varying capacities with various newspapers and magazines like the Times of India, The Economic Times, The Indian Express, The Sunday Observer, The Asian Age, The Free Press Journal, The Magna Group (Island magazine, Showtime, Savvy), The Blitz, The Daily, The Afternoon Dispatch & Courier, Current, etc., besides several other trade and niche publications.

He also contributes to dozens of portals, websites and specialized databases on selected topics.

He is also a cyber crime and techno-legal consultant and has assisted the Mumbai police (Crime Branch), the CBI and even the armed forces in tracking down hackers/crackers and other cyber criminals. He is also a cyber crime consultant to several financial institutions and banks in India and abroad.

Besides print journalism, he has worked with other organizations in Mumbai like Karrox Technologies Ltd (Head - Internet Security Division), Gurukulonline (Head - Mobile Internet Division) and IndiaOnline Network Ltd (Vice President - Technology and Projects)

He also runs two NGOs and is currently authoring two books - one on cyber crime and another on Para-normal phenomena.

Sources/References:

http://futuristicmedia.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/flynnremedios
http://flynnremedios.blogspot.com/

Some articles published by and on Flynn Remedios: (Some links may not work at all times due to network problems)

FLYNN REMEDIOS

a brief profile