Alastair Dalton
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As seen in:
The Scotsman,
MSN UK,
Daily Express,
Flipboard,
Edinburgh Evening News,
Ellon Times,
Fraserburgh Herald,
Midlothian Advertiser,
Scotland on Sunday,
Scotsman Food and Drink,
Scottish Daily Record
and
Covers:
Transport in Scotland
Transport Correspondent & columnist, The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday. adalton@scotsman.com
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
News reporter, Dunfermline Press
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes - first job, at the Dunfermline Press in the 80s
How is social media changing news?
Making it so much easier for journalists to contact people about news stories - and vice versa
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Limitless possibilities.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Why did you become a journalist?
Love telling people something (hopefully useful) they don't know.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes - joint editor of The Spark
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be determined.
When's the best time to pitch you?
by 9am.
What's your favorite drink?
Water
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
FT
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