What was your first job as a journalist?
Associate Producer
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
It's now more direct, more accountable, and in everyone's reach. It has turned the tables and now news has to be where people are.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Do they really exist?
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To tell stories that connect people and make an impact.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Gosh I see such hashtags daily, so tough to count
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
What?
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Mobile phone, Flightradar, Airfleets and so many others
What's your favorite social network?
None
Who do you wish followed you?
I don't have any such wish
Why did you become a journalist?
Because I wanted to tell the stories.
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?
Shukriya Khanum the first female to get a pilot's license in Pakistan.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
To think hard about why they want to be journalists. Anchors, presenters are not necessarily journalists. And it's not modeling.
When's the best time to pitch you?
There is always time for a good pitch
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Not yet
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I want to be an anchor
What's your favorite drink?
Lassi
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
eating, cooking or cycling
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
I like to watch
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Everything because people do not understand it
