Journo who works in silo with a desire to know the world

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

To read and understand the nature of what I am going to do.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No but have a strongg desire to have one. They are made a vintage items which only few people are selling and they cost more than an eye.

How is social media changing news?

It is making it spread so fast. Even the one which are not meant to be spread are spread as forest fire.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Zoobear.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Stand for Truth.

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

This is the third time I am skipping this answer. (excluding the one time I answered)

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

I don't know this.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

I chose article five.

What's your favorite social network?

Currently no one.

Who do you wish followed you?

The Economist or The Atlantic

Why did you become a journalist?

I did not know there are other suitable professions out there.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

No

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

Not yet written.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Be consistence. You will later realise that an idiotic peice that you wrote without putting your heart and soul in it was a masterpiece.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Anytime.

What's the best pitch you ever got?

IDK

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

I don't remember.

What's your favorite drink?

Tea but quiiting it for the same reason I am quitting everything.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

At a book shop or in the lap of nature.

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

The Economist

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

It is hard.

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