Sayan Mukherjee
Verified
(He/Him)
As seen in:
TV9,
LinkedIn,
MSN India,
Nature,
Deccan Chronicle,
Frost & Sullivan,
Youth Ki Awaaz,
TV9News,
Treasury Today
Covers:
Any Sports topic, with a keen interest in football
Doesn't Cover:
Nothing specific
Multimedia sports journo. Co-writer & editor of Box to Box: 75 years of Indian Football Team. All standard terms & conditions apply. Currently with @News9Tweets
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
The Statesman
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
By propagating fake news
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Responsibility and fun.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Over Mail.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
CMS, Quark Express
What's your favorite social network?
Linkedin
Who do you wish followed you?
Messi or Ronaldo
Why did you become a journalist?
Wanted to write
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?
To write a book
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Retain the passion.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time over mail.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Yet to get it.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Too many to count
What's your favorite drink?
Aam Sherbet
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Phone or a book.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
BBC
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That everyone understands sports
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.