Alex Fleming-Brown
Verified
As seen in:
BBC Careers,
ITV,
Bottom Line,
Yahoo Canada,
Metro (UK),
The Times,
VICE,
Vice Nederlands,
New Musical Express (NME),
Yahoo,
LADbible,
UNILAD
and
Senior Journalist @BBC (mainly politics). Words: The Times, Spectator, VICE, Private Eye, The Face, The Fence, (views my own)
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Nightclub reviewing for NME.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
dull
How is social media changing news?
dull
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Premiere Pro, After Effects, the notes page on my phone
Who do you wish followed you?
Lyse Doucet
Why did you become a journalist?
dull
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Satire and personalised hatchet jobs
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The one coming out this week xoxo
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
I'll let you know when I cease to be an aspiring journalist.
When's the best time to pitch you?
anytime
What's the best pitch you ever got?
I don't get pitched :(
What's your favorite drink?
Red Stripe
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Asleep
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The fence
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
N/A
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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