Chandan Prakash
Verified
(He/Him)
As seen in:
Firstpost,
Medium,
MSN India,
Wiley Online Library,
Flipboard,
Tech2,
EIN News,
The Pioneer (India),
AsiaToday
Covers:
Foriegn Affairs
Journalist @Firstpost (Network 18)
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporting
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
Manipulating readers
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
No one
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Can't fo anything. We r not free journalist
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Can't say, there r lots
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Mail
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Word
What's your favorite social network?
Distributing blankets in winter
Who do you wish followed you?
No one
Why did you become a journalist?
Accidentally
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?
Highlighting the wrost jobs in the city and people are forced to work under pathetic conditions
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Join this field to destroy your career
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Nothing
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Nothing
What's your favorite drink?
Nothing
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Bureaucrats
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
TOI
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
No it is all true actually
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