White Mughuls by William Dalrymple (ahead of reading Dalrymple’s The Last Mughul)
Saba Salman is a freelance journalist and commissioning editor who writes regularly for The Guardian on social affairs. She was a news reporter and news editor on London local newspapers and worked on the Evening Standard, specialising in social affairs and local government before going freelance.
Full interview
Q1: What has been your main inspiration in media?
A1: Newspapers and news. I read Good Times, Bad Times by the ex-Sunday Times editor Harold Evans and couldn’t put it down. It’s a brilliant account of the newspaper trade, investigative journalism and the politics of media.
Q2: Who was your childhood media hero?
A2: I didn’t have any heroes, but I remember being glued to John Craven’s Newsround, being in awe of Kate Adie’s reports from around the world and being inspired by Glenda Bailey when she launched Marie Claire, then a world apart from the other women’s magazines around at the time.
Q3: What has been your most exciting time in media so far in your career?
A3: Covering election night in 1997 as Labour seized power, following the first race for London Mayor and reporting on the Lawrence Inquiry and its aftermath were incredible experiences.
Q4: If you could do any job in media, what would it be?
A4: The idea of being a roving interviewer on a national newspaper appeals to me although I can’t really think of a better job than the one I have. I cover issues that affect most people’s lives and I enjoy the flexibility of being freelance and being my own boss.
Q5: If you didn't get into media what career would you have been in today?
A5: I knew by the age of 13 that I wanted to be a journalist so I’ve never considered anything else. At a push, it would have to be something that was challenging and combines research, debate, interviewing and argument - so maybe law.
Relevant Career Accomplishments:
Quite simply, I’d always wanted to write for Marie Claire and The Guardian so writing for both fulfilled a childhood ambition.
Achievements
My two children!
Future Goals
To travel more and to hear more live music again - mildly interrupted thanks to having a young family.
Hobbies
Reading, running, music.
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