Dhruva Balram on Muck Rack

Dhruva Balram

As seen in: DJ Mag TM, The Guardian, Bandcamp Daily, NPR, VICE, VICE UK, New Musical Express (NME), Highsnobiety, Dazed Magazine, HotNewHipHop, KRCC-FM (Colorado Springs, CO) and
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Interview

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To tell the tales that are rarely told.

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

Pages, Google docs, xcel, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter

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

Surprisingly not. I did work for the yearbook as the video editor one year and sports editor the other.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Write. Just keep writing and pitching all the ideas that float through your head.

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

The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Caravan, Longreads

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

The writing is easy.
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