Which path to take, editor or reporter? It’s a choice many journalists have to make at some point. Quartz India Editor Diksha Madhok (@dikshamadhok) tells us how she went from exercising influence through individual stories on issues like women in Indian society to shaping whole newsrooms and publications.

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). 

Here are links to some of the things we talked about:

ThePrint - http://bit.ly/37crAkd

Diksha’s story about Indian women dropping out of the workforce - http://bit.ly/2ODG4mK

Her story about Indian housewives in the U.S. - http://bit.ly/2OFxVhB

NYT story The Jungle Prince of Delhi - https://nyti.ms/39hXIUR

NYT’s Smarter Living newsletter - https://nyti.ms/2tKs9nK

Indian journalist Shekhar Gupta on Twitter - http://bit.ly/2ScjjIA

NYT’s Ellen Barry on Twitter - http://bit.ly/379sazf

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