Aashika Jain
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Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
To break news on the most-watched business television channel in India. Sent jitters down my spine when I broke the first alert.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
It's unexplainable.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To keep finding out till one knows about aplenty. And then what won't be enough.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
To be told the USP. The rest I can decipher.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Mukesh Ambani & Barack Obama.
Why did you become a journalist?
I was curious.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep going on. You don't hate what you do. You sometimes just get tired and need a good sleep.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On my bed with three or more pillows & my phone.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Bloomberg
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it has only do with the established companies. Businesses big, small, startup, ultra big, all have a story to tell and learn from.
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