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Sriram Iyer

iyer_sriram

These are the findings from interviewing 5 kids for an internship today:
1. all of them (journalism grads) get their news from @inshorts. one of them from @instagram [why are we still publishing? #IDK]
2. One said, "I read technical articles on inshorts".

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More LOLs follow..

Findings from intwing interns
2. Only 1 of the 5 knew the country& #39;s health minister is.

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3. No one knew any state CM : Telangana, TN, Gujarat, Odisha etc
4. One said @RayuduAmbati is the CM of Telangana. "I think someone like that." she said.

Findings from interviewing interns
4. One said Bihar CM is @myogiadityanath. Corrected self after a moment& #39;s thought but couldn& #39;t name Bihar CM. Cue @NitishKumar make some headlines pls
5. All candidates had rock solid opinions.
Keep #hajmola handy

Findings from interviewing interns
7. "India has vaccine shortage bec the head of Serum Institute ran away to London." Like Mallya. But the person who said this doesn& #39;t know who @adarpoonawalla is.
Digest before you read more.

Findings from interviewing interns:
8. Someone who is an avid reader named her favourite book.,"The Running Kite" she said. May be she was nervous. Sorry @khaledhosseini on behalf of the 20 year old. She definitely read the book bec she described it.
On to more memorable moments.

Findings from interviewing interns:
9. Content writing and news have become entirely interchangeable.
10. best journo in the country is either @dhruv_rathee or @sudhirchaudhary
11. @ShashiTharoor is a #Modi critic worth listening to bec good eng. @derekobrienmp found a mention

Findings from interviewing interns:
12. @chetan_bhagat& #39;s Revolution 2020 is very inspiring.
13. Someone who & #39;tracked elections closely& #39; knew the results in Puducherry but did not know there were polls in TN too. Or in Kerala for that matter.
TG, didn& #39;t ask for #AIADMK full form

The above is a lot for us in the media as well as those in politics to chew on. I am reminded of my time @ACJIndia. Right after a class where ppl quoted Foucault and Derrida, our prof Krishna Anant asked every one to write the names of all states, capitals and CMs. Most couldn& #39;t

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