Sucheta Dasgupta
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Desk drone, writer, thinker, author.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
The Asian Age
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Finding the story
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Via email
What's your favorite social network?
Reddit
Why did you become a journalist?
To build a portfolio so I could switch streams from electrical engineering to anthropology/sociology
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be transparent.
What's your favorite drink?
Single malt
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Travelling in public transport
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Unherd
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it is not as important as pure economics
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