Nitin SJ Asariparambil
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Company News, Maritime, Manuscripts, Features, Comicon, Pop Culture, Tech
Senior Subeditor @TheWeekLive (Maritime🚢, Business📈, Tech📱) | Ex @REUTERS Scribe | Ex @PenguinBooks Empanelled Editor | Tweets are satire, NOT Endorsements
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Company News Correspondent for ASX, SGX and HKeX
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Despite all the saintly intentions, it's doing more harm than good.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Tintin
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Bringing unbiased facts to the word in an easily digestible manner is not just a job or a profession, it is duty.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Wire Engine, Mac Pages, InDesign
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Why did you become a journalist?
Because I love stories about people, and I love to write.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
The paper was called LENS (Loyola English News Service). I edited features, and indulged in a bit of page-setting as well.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
I interviewed Rob DenBleyker — the writer of Cyanide and Happiness — at Comic Con Bengaluru, back in 2014.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Ethics do not put food on the table, but they sure as hell let you sleep well at night.
What's your favorite drink?
Jagermeister
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
At The Reading Room in Trivandrum, indulging in my favourite graphic novel.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Economist
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Business Journalism is usually perceived as boring and slow.
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