Alex Crevar
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As seen in:
MSN,
MSN UK,
The New York Times,
BBC,
BBC Travel,
The Wall Street Journal,
National Geographic Traveler,
The Toronto Star,
Flipboard,
Lonely Planet
and
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Covering high school sports for my local newspaper.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes. Started on one
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Jake Barnes
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means you change lives with accurate reporting and bringing pride to a craft
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
Why did you become a journalist?
Because I love putting stories together rearranging and then using the best puzzle pieces available.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
A story uncovering the cause for pollution in the waters around the Florida Keys
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Go to the places you are covering rather than pitching via Google research
When's the best time to pitch you?
When you have fleshed out a story
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A proposal about a hike across Europe that shined a light on connecting local tourism across the entire continent.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
A proposal about why a writer should write about Florida because beaches are beautiful.
What's your favorite drink?
Bourbon
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
on a bicycle
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The New Yorker
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That real travel journalists are just people looking to travel and drop out of 9-to-5 jobs
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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