Alex Cohen
As seen in:
Nature,
Yahoo Finance,
MDPI,
Taylor & Francis Online,
Cointelegraph,
The World from PRX,
EIN News,
JD Supra,
Architectural Record,
Lexology
and
Covers:
commercial real estate, office real estate, retail real estate, multi-family real estate, co-working, retail disruption, pop-up retail, commercial real estate technology, commercial brokerages, Compas
Commercial real estate advisor workplace/retail of the future: futureworkspacedevelopment.com. Vice President, COMPASS
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
junior high school newspaper editor-in-chief
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
How is social media changing news?
Tweets and posts become the news rather than relaying information.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
The Third Estate
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Directly
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Costar, property shark, linkedin
What's your favorite social network?
LInkedIn
Who do you wish followed you?
Michael Bloomberg
Why did you become a journalist?
I enjoy writing
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I was editor-in-chief of my junior high school newspaper and editor-in-chief of my high school yearbook
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
My thought leadership on millennial investing
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Become an expert on subject(s)
When's the best time to pitch you?
Midnight
What's the best pitch you ever got?
I do the pitches
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
None
What's your favorite drink?
caiprihna
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
At the gym
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
New York Times
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
None
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