Five Questions with....

Kanupriya Vashisht, contributing editor for BusinessJournalism.org, puts a prominent business journalist or editor on the spot each week with five pressing questions.

Vashisht recently received her master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Cronkite School at Arizona State University, where her applied project was the creation of a magazine for Indian-Americans. Kanu has had articles published in the Hindustan Times, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix Magazine, East West Woman Magazine and India Post.

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Laura Goldberg

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Patrick Scott

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Doug Smith

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Lisa Gibbs

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Rodney Brooks

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Kim Quillen

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