Yahya Mir
Verified
(He/Him)
- Entrepreneurial Journalist and CEO, Pak Affairs Urdu
- Columnist, Daily Times
- Columnist, The Nation (Pakistan)
Barcelona, Islamabad
As seen in:
Daily Times,
Pak Affairs Urdu,
The Nation (Pakistan),
Pakistan Observer,
HT Syndication,
Pakaffairs.pk
Covers:
Entrepreneurship, Social Issue, StartUps, Tourism, Political,
Entrepreneurial Journalist | Startups | Digital Media Strategist | Founder @realpakaffairs | Alumni @ylcsol | Traveler 🛫
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporting
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
In the past five years, social media has become a dominant and growing source of news and information for hundreds of millions of people around the globe. Social media is fast, it’s free, and it’s always with you in your pocket courtesy of your smartphone
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Imran Riaz Khan
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Passion
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
the first step to pitching your story is knowing the story you want to tell. Identify the main narrative elements such as who the story is about, what the subjects do in the story, where the story takes place, why the action of the story takes place and how the events of the story happen. Knowing the story you want to tell may make it easier to summarise the most significant points in your pitch.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Adobe Photoshop MS Word & Adobe Premiere Pro
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Imran Khan
Why did you become a journalist?
I wanted to be the voice of voiceless people that's why I wanted to become a journalist.
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?
One of my best story on Social Issue Topic is: Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Nouman Khan
When's the best time to pitch you?
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
What's the best pitch you ever got?
One of my article Topic : Starting with nothing
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
During election campaign 2018
What's your favorite drink?
Water + Red Bull
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Mobile mostly
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Entrepreneurship ( Start with Nothing )
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
My most common misperception that I got feedback from others that is others thinking that I’m only generating ideas, but the reality is that I am creative kind of personality, I grow my self with the passage of time and I always generating ideas then gradually created the way to implement.
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