What was your first job as a journalist?
Newspaper Reporter and Photographer.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
While social media has democratized news, it has also contaminated it.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means to be a ready to listen to people's stories with empathy.
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Why did you become a journalist?
To tell stories that need to be heard.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
We didn't have a newspaper in high school.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
There are actually two. One, The Endless Wait, a photography project about the resilient struggle of Kashmiri women who's loved ones disappeared in the last three decades of the conflict in Kashmir. The project was supported by Magnum Foundation and published by The New York Times. Second, a first person piece on what it means to be a journalist working in a conflict zone where you report the death and suffering of your own people. The article was carried by Al-Jazeera.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be compassionate.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
My mobile phone.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The New Yorker
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it's easy
