Perspectives

I have never been to Kansas before. How could I be respectful of locals and avoid the pitfalls of parachute journalism?

Aprendí a poner a la audiencia primero pensando en lo que ellos quieren leer, y no en lo que yo quiero escribir.

I learned to put the audience first by thinking about what they wanted or needed to read about, not what I wanted to write.

Nothing could give me a satisfying, one-word answer to the “what are you” question.

Contrary to popular American belief, there is no such thing as an Indian accent, there are many.

But none of us alive today will probably ever know the ultimate fate of our world. Our efforts are all we have.

That’s because being a bridge student is nothing to be ashamed of; if there is shame, it lies only with the institution itself.

The inalienable fact of life being Black, as well as being an immigrant is building a home out of the unfamiliar.

I feel like I slipped out the back door one night and never returned home.

This was an incredibly dense crash course into science journalism and seems to have successfully prepared me for a future in it.