I have been meaning to write on this topic for a very long time now. I feel I am on periphery of many things in my career. I am a journalist but am not part of mainstream media though I have worked for Times of India, Indiatimes and Business Standard in the past. Then maybe I can be classified as a trade journalist since I worked with Light Reading, Voice&Data and not to forget my first job, Dataquest. But hello! I have also written on telecom for B2C publications such as Telecom Talk and Business World. So maybe I should be a business journalist but I haven't written enough for these publications to be seriously taken as a business journalist.
This is true for many things in my personal life as well. I am at home but am not a housewife. I work my ass off but don't go to office, so many people (including sometimes my close friends and relatives) don't think of me as working. I started my own venture but again not in traditional sense.
So it bugged me to no end till a few months back that I was like a drifting boat, moving from one genre to another. Then one day a journalist friend pointed out that it is a blessing and not a curse/problem. She said that because I don't take myself very seriously as a telecom journalist or a business journalist, so am able to move from one genre to another.
Then I realised that it is actually a liberating factor. I will not think twice before pitching a story on women banished during mensturating period every month but a business journalist might. It also allows me to think of new and different topics without being bound by a particular genre or type of journalism. I should be thankful for this freedom instead of thinking it as a negative factor. I think of myself as a versatile journalist because I am able to move from one thing to another quiet effortlessly...
But let me be honest here...in spite of best efforts there are moments when I can not deny that I would have liked to belong wholly in one stream of journalism in spite of advantages of having my feet in multiple boats. When I am a negative mode of thinking I feel I am neither here nor there, so basically nowhere...
PS: From today till the end of the month I would be blogging here everyday...yes, every single day, including Sunday. It is a small experiment for my own self...let's see if I am able to do or not.
This is true for many things in my personal life as well. I am at home but am not a housewife. I work my ass off but don't go to office, so many people (including sometimes my close friends and relatives) don't think of me as working. I started my own venture but again not in traditional sense.
So it bugged me to no end till a few months back that I was like a drifting boat, moving from one genre to another. Then one day a journalist friend pointed out that it is a blessing and not a curse/problem. She said that because I don't take myself very seriously as a telecom journalist or a business journalist, so am able to move from one genre to another.
Then I realised that it is actually a liberating factor. I will not think twice before pitching a story on women banished during mensturating period every month but a business journalist might. It also allows me to think of new and different topics without being bound by a particular genre or type of journalism. I should be thankful for this freedom instead of thinking it as a negative factor. I think of myself as a versatile journalist because I am able to move from one thing to another quiet effortlessly...
But let me be honest here...in spite of best efforts there are moments when I can not deny that I would have liked to belong wholly in one stream of journalism in spite of advantages of having my feet in multiple boats. When I am a negative mode of thinking I feel I am neither here nor there, so basically nowhere...
PS: From today till the end of the month I would be blogging here everyday...yes, every single day, including Sunday. It is a small experiment for my own self...let's see if I am able to do or not.
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