Lyndsay Jones
(She/Her)
As seen in:
NPR,
U.S. News and World Report,
Daily Herald,
KTVI-TV (St. Louis, MO),
WJW-TV (Cleveland, OH),
KXAN-TV (Austin, TX),
WAVY-TV (Portsmouth, VA),
WHNT-TV (Huntsville, AL),
WRIC-TV (Richmond, VA),
WWLP-TV (Chicopee, MA)
and
Covers:
I cover local news for Bloomington-Normal's only locally owned and operated broadcast media outlet. WGLT is an NPR affiliate and service of Illinois State University.
Formerly @WGLTnews, an @NPR affiliate | Emmy winner | Hoosier forever | PoliSci graduate student @IllinoisStateU | Doer of other things at other places
Interview
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email or Twitter DM's.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Daybook; iNews; Media Central; Adobe Acrobat Reader; Gsuite; Twitter; Facebook; Dataminr; TurboScan; Microsoft Office 365; Datawrapper;
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
My high school didn't have a newspaper, sadly.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A married couple started a nonprofit in their basement that was dedicated to taking care of sickly rodents.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.