Jai Krishna
- Secretary General, News Broadcasters Federation
New Delhi
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Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
News sub-editor and producer for a television news station
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Social media is creating readers for whom the journalists have to write not the other way round.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Joe
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Satisfaction
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Royal baby
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email followed by a phone call
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Email, Photoshop and Open Office
What's your favorite social network?
Linkedin
Who do you wish followed you?
Readers interested in Indian business
Why did you become a journalist?
Passion to change the world
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Editor
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
2004 Asian Tsunami coverage
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be grounded as the news is the hero not the journalist
When's the best time to pitch you?
4 to 6 pm but prefer on email
What's the best pitch you ever got?
to track tiger hunting
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
To meet someone with personal agenda
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee
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?
The Wall Street Journal, Caravan
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Its boring
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