Safina Nabi
Verified
As seen in:
Financial Times,
The Guardian,
Yahoo News,
Al Jazeera English,
Nikkei Asia,
Slate,
Atlas Obscura,
Firstpost,
Flipboard,
Frontline India
and
Covers:
Gender, Health, Human rights, Culture, Social Justice
2022 @fjawards Awardee |@pulitzercenter @IWMF grantee| work @guardian @csmonitor @Article14live @Atlasobscura Fellow @WorldLearning @RSF_inter @dartcenter
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Anchoring
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, in childhood
How is social media changing news?
Its taking away our life we have to cross check a story 100 times to be sure its not a fake news that surfaced from social media.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Nithin
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To bring a change
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
hashtag itself
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Mail only
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Word
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter, Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Orhan Pamuk
Why did you become a journalist?
I was passionate to meet Amratya Sen
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?
Underbelly of medical crimes against women
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Please mail, do not call
When's the best time to pitch you?
Afternoon
What's the best pitch you ever got?
To attend a world congress on anti trafficking movement
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
To write on a cow
What's your favorite drink?
Mint lemonade
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Galvinating
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Mint
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
It's not important what she writes on
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