Nasir Aminu
- Senior Lecturer, Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Educator and Columnist, Freelance
- Writer, Daily Trust
Nigeria, Wales
As seen in:
Daily Trust,
LinkedIn,
Medium,
Wiley Online Library,
The Conversation,
Wales Online,
City Press,
RTÉ,
Nairaland Forum,
Bristol Post,
Premium Times
and
Covers:
Macroeconomic Issues, Policy Issues, Environmental & Energy Issues.
Doesn't Cover:
Sports, health, science & technology, arts, social issues, transportation.
Philosopher of economics
Common good advocate
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Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Writing about the economic recovery plans during the Great Lockdown
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, I learnt how to type on the typewriter.
How is social media changing news?
News impact is wider. There’s little effort for people to get the news.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Spider-man
What does it mean to be a journalist?
One gets to enlightened with facts and others benefit from the information
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
As an economist and educator
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
MS Office, MATLAB
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Robert Lucas
Why did you become a journalist?
To rewrite opinions about economics and fairness
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?
Nigeria’s macroeconomy
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Reporting the facts are more important than getting headlines that are not
When's the best time to pitch you?
Evenings and weekends
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Write about economic ideology of the Nigerian government
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Don’t remember.
What's your favorite drink?
Tea
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In bed
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
George Orwell
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Being partisan
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