Rupendra Brahambhatt
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Science Journalist and Filmmaker
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Technology writer
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
It's spreading the news fast but in a reckless manner.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Louis Lane
What does it mean to be a journalist?
A journalist is someone who makes people aware of the problems and solutions that exist in our society.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I am comfortable with every pitch concerning my beat and backed by credible sources.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
There are multiple tools and websites including HARO, Grammarly, Answer The Public, Canva, Adobe Suite, Authory, etc.
What's your favorite social network?
LinkedIn
Who do you wish followed you?
There are many but I don't want to name at the moment.
Why did you become a journalist?
To start a conversation about issues and encourage a constructive mindset among the masses.
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?
There are many - lab-grown wood, flying cars, dolphin coral rubbing, are we living in a cyberpunk, wireless electricity, retrofuturism, etc.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Never take sides and always try to give some original, exciting. and useful piece of information to your readers.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime on Sundays and Mondays
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A story about the ancient chess-playing machine known as the Mechanical Turk.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I can't remember any worst pitch but I don't like pitches missing important details.
What's your favorite drink?
Mango Juice
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
I am either cycling, reading a book or writing my own thoughts and stories.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
There is not one but many such as Live Science, Space.com, Nature, Science Alert, Inverse, Scientific American, etc.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Discoveries happen every day.
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