What was your first job as a journalist?
Entertainment Reporter at the Week online
How is social media changing news?
Everyone is a journalist now, in the loosest sense of the word
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means to add to the millions of ways you see something, to bring something to the news that wasn't there before, to shape a narrative
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Just a word processor, I'm very low maintenance haha
Who do you wish followed you?
Christiane Amanpour
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
My high school, being in Kollam Kerala, didn't actually have a newspaper.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time of the day actually!
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Vulture.com and Vox.com
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it isn't 'real journalism'