Dipankar Sarkar
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As seen in:
Medium,
Mint,
The Hindu,
Tribune (India),
The Quint,
DEV Community,
Scroll.in,
Vague Visages,
Flickside,
Talking Films
and
Covers:
Film Reviews, Interview with film personalities, Essay on Cinema
Film Critic @upperstall & @vaguevisages.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Freelance Writer.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Never.
How is social media changing news?
Very efficiently and sometimes manipulatively.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
I am more interested in Films, not Fiction.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Courage and Honesty.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Microsoft Words, Pages, Thesaurus, and Webster's Dictionary.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter.
Who do you wish followed you?
Everyone under the sun.
Why did you become a journalist?
2016.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Never. In India, we do not have such kind of system.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Thriller and Psychological Drama.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
I am still learning and so I am not in a position to advise anyone.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
How would you like to contribute to our organization?
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I haven't received any pitch in my career yet that can be considered worst.
What's your favorite drink?
Black Coffee.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Kitchen
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Indian Express
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Typos.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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