Tashi Wangchuk on Muck Rack

Tashi Wangchuk

California, Washington, D.C.
Covers:  Politics, China, Tibet, US strategy, Rights, others
Former Dpy Director, former Multimedia Editor, Former Editor @VOT

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporter

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

Faster it become

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Bark ha dutt

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Everything

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Passionate Journalist

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Audacity, cut pro

What's your favorite social network?

Facebook

Who do you wish followed you?

A passionate student wanting to be a real journalist, not like the one looking for 9-5 job and feel it as a burden.

Why did you become a journalist?

To study about the critical side of the community.

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?

An interview with. Zach foreign minister and US State Secretary, Mike Pompeo

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Be passionate or not join it

When's the best time to pitch you?

1999

What's the best pitch you ever got?

Journalist at RFA

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

Nothing

What's your favorite drink?

Indian tea

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

On TV

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

ABC

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

That I don’t socialize

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