Khadija Khan
Verified
(She/Her)
As seen in:
ThePrint,
MSN,
Daily Mail,
Irish Daily Mail,
Scottish Daily Mail,
The Mail on Sunday,
Substack,
The Indian Express,
ACS Publications,
Flipboard,
The Boston Globe
and
Covers:
Law, judiciary, courts, politics, governance, policy, and parliamentary affairs
Senior Correspondent @ThePrintIndia || Previously @IndianExpress; @barandbench || Alma mater: @ACJIndia
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Jalebi Ink
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Miranda Priestly (in her pre-editorial days)
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Being a journalist means one has to be relentless, fearless, and determined.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Sort of. Although we did not have a high school paper, I wrote for Jalebi Ink which was a digital collective of young writers.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
A human interest story about the security guard at my law university who cleared the bar exam. I was the first to break it.
When's the best time to pitch you?
While the news is still fresh
What's your favorite drink?
Bournvita
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Time, Vanity Fair, Vulture, BBC, Newsweek and Economist
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That we have it "easy".
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