Aldem Bourscheit
Brasília
Covers:
Nature Conservation, Wildlife crimes, Science and Agriculture issues
Environmental | Investigative Journalist on Nature Conservation, Science, Climate, Traditional and Indigenous Communities stories. Per aspera, ad astra...
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Radio and newspaper writer
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Disturbing and generating a lot of fragmentation to the information environment, but they tend to accommodate like all new technology.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Euclides da Cunha
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Throw light on what governments and companies don't want you to know.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Social networks, information and archive organizers and journalistic investigation platforms.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
David Attenborough
Why did you become a journalist?
Even to help in the conservation and recovery of natural environments.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
The truth is out there...
When's the best time to pitch you?
Mornings...
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Don´t remember.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Don´t remember
What's your favorite drink?
Red Wine
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Helping in homework, playing with my son or riding my byke.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
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What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Don´t remember.
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