Shamsuddin Illius
(He/Him)
As seen in:
The Business Standard,
Yahoo News,
Yahoo News Malaysia,
Yahoo Singapore,
Yahoo Finance Singapore,
International Business Times (U.S.),
The Scotsman,
Barron's,
ABS-CBN News,
Scroll.in,
Forbes India
and
Covers:
business, corruption, Rohingya refugees, migration, climate change, and environmental issues.
Award-winning journalist. Covering Environment, Climate change, Biodiversity & Migration. Fellow @ World Press Institute, Hong Kong Baptist University, EJN
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
covering crime
How is social media changing news?
Social media becomes the source of the news both actual and misleading.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
voice for the voiceless people
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Mail or social media
Who do you wish followed you?
Editor, journalists, readers, policymakers, diplomats, journalism students, NGO officials, government employees, political leaders
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?
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Reading book, travelling, spending time with family
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Washington Post, The Daily Star
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