Agustín Baletti
Verified
Covers:
Politics
International Affairs
Argentinean politics
US politics
Economics
Education
Human rights
LGBT
Libertarian and right wing movement
Doesn't Cover:
Sports
Technology
Gossip
Analista político.
Conductor de ✋@sijuroarg y co-creador de Gallos de Pelea en YT.
Militante de los cambios profundos.
Católico. Argentino. Casado con Elisa.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Hosting and producing Día L, a podcast, turned interview channel, turned street interview channel turned radio show, etc
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Never. Id love to. Id write all my editorials there.
How is social media changing news?
It´s not how it changes the news, it´s how it changes our interaction with news, our way of finding information through algorithms and such
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Tom Hammerschmidt (House of Cards) or JJJ from Spider Man, no in between haha
What does it mean to be a journalist?
to listen, to ask, and to tell a story.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
covfefe maybe
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
No sugaring, not addedd sweetness, just the idea and lets do it
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google Apps for Work and Canva mainly, sometimes inshot and Cap Cut
What's your favorite social network?
X is the funniest, Instagram is the most professional.
Who do you wish followed you?
Donald J Trump
Why did you become a journalist?
I started hosting because the consensus in my first team was that I had the most qualities for that, and i've been improving in my craft
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I was host and producer of my school's first radio show.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
im very proud of getting the scoop that Milei would be entering politics.... im very proud of the show im preparing this time with Sí Juro 2
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Go for it first, then learn the rest. You learn by working and only if you love to do this. You have to have something u NEED to communicate.
When's the best time to pitch you?
whenever, but mostly in the morning so we can arrange some time to have a call
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Working on national television... TBD
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
doing a show for a political party, no pay no food no nothing
What's your favorite drink?
Gin Tonic or Cuba Libre, but nothing beats a good ol' glass of iced Coca Cola on the rocks
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
studying, preparing new shows, making reels to sell our product, anyways
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
the best writing is in La Prensa and it will always be that way, but my father turned me into a La Nación stan, it's really the best paper
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
that it is only politics, that it is only right wing leaning and cant be broadened up or that i do no interview a wide range of people
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