Puja Sen
Verified
As seen in:
The Caravan,
Mint,
Scroll.in,
The Wire (India),
Nepali Times,
Himal Southasian,
The Record Nepal
Senior Editor, @thecaravanindia.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
A fact check on an article about climate migrants
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Regrettably, no.
How is social media changing news?
Drastically.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Mister Biswas in Naipaul's House for Mister Biswas; Augustus Haynes in season 5 of the wire
What does it mean to be a journalist?
A working stiff
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
notebook, phone, camera, computer
What's your favorite social network?
meh
Who do you wish followed you?
Why did you become a journalist?
to escape insularity
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?
I remain fairly dissatisfied with everything I have written
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Question everything
When's the best time to pitch you?
11.23 AM
What's the best pitch you ever got?
NA
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
NA
What's your favorite drink?
Aam panna
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Near one.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Nation
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
NA
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