Donald Takhell on Muck Rack

Donald Takhell

(He/Him)
Imphal, New Delhi
As seen in: Scroll.in, Eco-Business, Down To Earth, BOOM FactCheck, Mongabay India
Covers:  Water, Wetlands, Rivers, Common Property Resources, Environment, Agrarian issues.
RA - Indigenous Perspectives. Interested in Agrarian, CC, Commons, Environment-Development Conflicts, and Letters! Re-reading Resistance. Hongatlo, Hongatlo!
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Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

N/A

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

A synopsis with the methodology and feasibility mentioned.

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

MS Word, Excel, etc

What's your favorite social network?

X (formerly X)

Who do you wish followed you?

Leonardo Da Vinci

Why did you become a journalist?

To power to truth

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

https://india.mongabay.com/2023/01/manipur-farmers-blame-institutional-failures-for-low-yield-and-demand-compensation/

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Write and Write and Read.

What's your favorite drink?

Yu, a local manipuri brew.

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?

Mongabay and Third Pole
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