Yashica Dutt
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Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Interviewing local celebrities about their Christmas plans.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
I am not hipster enough to do it.
How is social media changing news?
It's breaking news and spreading it on its own terms.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Chimamanda Adichie
Why did you become a journalist?
To tell stories, no one had heard of.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I wrote features, think pieces and edited stories.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
A long form piece on the little-known legal LGBT community in Nepal.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
It's not going to be glamorous. At least, 50 per cent of the time.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Most fully formed story ideas from PR agencies.
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