Diksha Madhok - India - Quartz

<p>Which path to take, editor or reporter? It’s a choice many journalists have to make at some point. Quartz India Editor Diksha Madhok (<a href='http://bit.ly/2vgJl4J'>@dikshamadhok</a>) tells us how she went from exercising influence through individual stories on issues like women in Indian society to shaping whole newsrooms and publications.</p> <p>We discuss growing up in India and not becoming an engineer (3:47), going to Columbia j-school (9:18), her time with Reuters (13:10), joining Quartz and becoming an editor (18:11), being an editor vs being a reporter (24:00), her story about why few highly educated Indian women stay in the workforce (32:58), another story on Indian housewives in the United States (35:57), and finish with the lightning round (41:54). </p> <p> </p> <p>Here are links to some of the things we talked about:</p> <p>ThePrint - <a href='http://bit.ly/37crAkd'>http://bit.ly/37crAkd</a></p> <p>Diksha’s story about Indian women dropping out of the workforce - <a href='http://bit.ly/2ODG4mK'>http://bit.ly/2ODG4mK</a></p> <p>Her story about Indian housewives in the U.S. - <a href='http://bit.ly/2OFxVhB'>http://bit.ly/2OFxVhB</a></p> <p>NYT story The Jungle Prince of Delhi - <a href='https://nyti.ms/39hXIUR'>https://nyti.ms/39hXIUR</a></p> <p>NYT’s Smarter Living newsletter - <a href='https://nyti.ms/2tKs9nK'>https://nyti.ms/2tKs9nK</a></p> <p>Indian journalist Shekhar Gupta on Twitter - <a href='http://bit.ly/2ScjjIA'>http://bit.ly/2ScjjIA</a></p> <p>NYT’s Ellen Barry on Twitter - <a href='http://bit.ly/379sazf'>http://bit.ly/379sazf</a> </p> <p> </p> <p>Follow us on Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/foreignpod'>@foreignpod</a> or on Facebook at <a href='https://www.facebook.com/foreignpod'>facebook.com/foreignpod</a></p> <p>Music: <a href='http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Makaih_Beats/Fake_Love_makaihbeatsnet/LoveChances_makaihbeatsnet'>LoveChances (makaihbeats.net)</a> by <a href='http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Makaih_Beats/'>Makaih Beats</a></p> <p>From: <a