What was your first job as a journalist?
Tech Correspondent for an AI-powered publication - which caters to the US and UK market.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Would love to try out
How is social media changing news?
Manipulating for their own good.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
No one
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To create authentic stories as per your ethics.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Hashtags of banning or lifting up celebrities' names.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Via email, LinkedIn, Call -- anything anywhere -- if you can sell yourself in 60sec.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Mind and finger muscles
What's your favorite social network?
LinkedIn
Who do you wish followed you?
The world
Why did you become a journalist?
To create authentic stories for people to read.
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?
AI-powered stories - how it's changing the world
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Read read read and learn to read between the lines
When's the best time to pitch you?
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM IST
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Really can not put it down here.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Can I buy you coffee?
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee, Beer!
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Sipping coffee and reading a book or watching a nice series.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Each and every publication - to know and understand how the other half lives
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
I will mail you the list. :P
