What was your first job as a journalist?
Digital Sub-editor
Have you ever used a typewriter?
no
How is social media changing news?
makes news fast-moving and exposes audience to fake news
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
April O'Neil
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means being a watchdog of society, with an objective and ready to risk anything to bring news.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
via email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Photopea
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Oprah Winfrey
Why did you become a journalist?
in 2019
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
writing articles after functions and events which are read at the assembly
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
A story on people living with vitiligo.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be outgoing, fight for your space and research about anything new to you
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any day, am just an email/ phone call away
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Vitiligo story
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
none yet
What's your favorite drink?
Passion fresh juice
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
0n my phone
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
New York Times
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Not sure
