Allen Foster
Verified
(He/Him)
As seen in:
BestReviews,
Entertaining Options,
MSN,
Yahoo Entertainment,
Yahoo Life,
Nature,
Aol,
KCBS-TV (Los Angeles, CA),
KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh, PA),
New York Daily News,
WCBS-TV (New York, NY),
WCCO-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
and
Covers:
Anything entertainment related.
Writer at Entertaining Options, CBS, Best of NJ, Scary Monsters. I want to help tell your story.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Keyboard Magazine. I interviewed, then wrote a profile on film composer Richard Band.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email.
Who do you wish followed you?
People who genuinely like or are affected in some way by what I write.
Why did you become a journalist?
It was an accident. I stumbled into journalism and found it to be absolutely thrilling!
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The story I am most proud of is always the one I am working on at the moment.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be nice, always maintain your integrity, and find a first reader who is not afraid to be brutally honest!
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time. Journalism has become a 24/7 endeavor.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
The one you're thinking about sending me.
What's your favorite drink?
Diet Mountain Dew.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
At the gym.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
I can get free concert tickets for other people.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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