Alex Kowtun
Palm Beach
As seen in:
Forbes,
Yahoo Finance,
WPTV-TV (West Palm Beach, FL),
WPBF-TV (Palm Beach Gardens, FL),
Palm Beach Daily News,
Forbes Japan,
Flying Magazine,
Florida Weekly
Covers:
Private Aviation, Business Aviation, Aircraft Ownership, Private Jet Charter, Aviation Industry
Interview
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
How is social media changing news?
Real time.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
NA
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Having a microphone
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Elon Musk
Why did you become a journalist?
To get people excited about aviation and an exciting lifestyle.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Doing a marketing campaign on my social media for the United States Air Force and flying with the Thunderbirds
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Chase your passions
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
To have my own column by Florida Weekly Newspaper
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
endless charity asks with no mutual value.
What's your favorite drink?
Monkey In Paradise Vodka. A company I founded.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Flying
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Flying Magazine
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
High barriers of entry
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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