Muhammad Nadeem
(He/Him)
Covers:
Books, Kashmir, Islam and Politics, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Literary Essays, Muslim Authors, Halal Fiction, Interviews, Academic Books on Islam, Scholarly Works on Kashmir, Translation (Urdu - English).
Founding Editor: @mountaininkmag
Copy Chief: @kashmirlife
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Student Editor at University of Kashmir
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Howard Beale
What does it mean to be a journalist?
A human who understands what it costs to change the narrative.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Grammarly, Claude, Google Journalist Studio etc
What's your favorite social network?
None
Who do you wish followed you?
Malcolm Gladwell, David Remnick, James Wood, Emily Greenhouse, Gilbert Cruz
Why did you become a journalist?
I couldn't be good at anything else.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I wrote opinions and articles for it.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Do something else if you don't want to suffer.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime
What's the best pitch you ever got?
They were all fine
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
They were all fine.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Reading
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
NYBR, LitHub, Granta, Paris Review, New Yorker, Literary Supplement
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it doesn't make any impact.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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