Bharath Thampi
(He/Him)
As seen in:
Travels by Carriage,
Nature,
Flipboard,
Frontline India,
Inter Press Service,
The Wire (India),
The News Minute,
The Week (India),
Dialogue Earth,
Psyche Magazine
and
Covers:
Human Rights; Social Justice; Environment, Wildlife & Conservation, LGBTQIA+; History & Culture.
Journalist || Storyteller. Bylines in @NatureInd, @DialogueEarth_, @aeonmag, @frontline_india, @thenewsminute, @fairplanet, @ipsnews,@RGSustain1
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Independent
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
For the better when it comes to accessibility, and for the worse when it comes to reporting facts.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Everyone from The Spotlight movie.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Changing the world, one story at a time.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Through my gmail.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
MS Word, Adobe Premiere Pro, Google, Grammarly, Plagiarism checker
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Stephen King.
Why did you become a journalist?
To tell stories and influence people's minds.
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?
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Report truth, not fiction. Be sensitive, kind and ethical. Do not write for publicity and masses, write because people need the facts.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Nothing special.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Nothing.
What's your favorite drink?
Water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Reading a book/with my cats.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Caravan.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That the reporting is easy.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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