Shephali Bhatt, a writer and journalist for one of the leading dailies of India, the Economic Times is joining us on this week's podcast. With a decades worth of experience, she is a master at pouring a real-life insight into topics like pop-culture, technology, entertainment and life on the internet.    Few of the topics we converse about in this podcast are building a career as a journalist, freelancing one's way to an editorial position, the convergence of all kinds of media into a singular diverse field, building an audience through newsletters, relating to people through your content and doing good work in a field which is growing infamous day by day. So hit that like and subscribe button and join us for today's podcast!   THE CAREER SHOW WEBSITE: https://www.thecareershow.in/ SHEPHALI BHATT's LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shephali-bhatt-19727915/ SHEPHALI BHATT's INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/shephalibhatt ------------------------------------- Introduction: (0:44)  Foraying into Journalism: (1:45)  Gaining families approval for an alternate career: (5:20)  Selecting a genre of journalism?: (6:59)  Freelance journalism v/s a Job in journalism: (9:05)  Changes in the world of print media over a decade: (12:05)  A 'boomers' view on the changes in technology: (14:41)  Creating content which can be relatable across ages: (16:30)  Self-censorship and freedom of speech: (18:00)  Infamy of news media and journalism: (19:35)  Advice to aspiring journalists: (20:40)  Building and Sustaining a Newsletter: (24:08)  Is a degree important for journalism today?: (28:00)  An important advice to note! : (30:54)  ------------------------------------- INSTAGRAM: @the_careershow https://www.instagram.com/the_careershow/  LINKEDIN: @The Career Show https://www.linkedin.com/company/thecareershow -------------------------------------  Editor: Siddhesh Varadkar: https://www.instagram.com/sidvaradkar_editor/ Balraj Kashinath Jadhav: https://www.facebook.com/balraj.jadhav.5 -------------------------------------  Music: https://bit.ly/306W5qS --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thecareershow/message