Ahmed Khabeer
Verified
Covers:
Minorities of india, Muslims of india, Dalits of india
Journalist | 🎓: Jamia Millia Islamia | Insta: instagram.com/ahmedkhabeer_
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter
Have you ever used a typewriter?
no
How is social media changing news?
Social media brings new characteristics like interactive dialogue and social interactions. Journalists can now have real conversations with their audience. ... It enhances the likability of some journalists and plays a key role in how they interact with their audience.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Maulana AbulKalam Aazad
What does it mean to be a journalist?
A journalist investigates, collects, and presents information as a news story. This can be presented through newspapers, magazines, radio, television and the internet. Journalists are relied upon to present news in a well-rounded, objective manner.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Laptop, Mobile Phone, Tripod, Bluetooth, Camera, Microphone
What's your favorite social network?
To Feed Hungry
Who do you wish followed you?
Human rights
Why did you become a journalist?
I love to write. I love to ask questions and find out a ton of stuff about one specific thing, before moving onto something new immediately.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
yeah. About School Changes
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Minorities of India
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Journalism tends to be a competitive, cutthroat industry, where some will use any type of advantage to get above others in the field. But hold your own. Stay true. Be real. Reach the top of your craft by using skill, personality and uniqueness.
When's the best time to pitch you?
University
What's the best pitch you ever got?
I do fact checks.
What's your favorite drink?
Coke
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Library
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Newslaundry.com, Thewire.in, The Milli Gazette
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