Amber Turpin on Muck Rack

Amber Turpin

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(She/Her)
  • Food and Travel Writer, Freelance
  • None, North Bay Bohemian, Pacific Sun
  • None, 7x7
  • None, 7x7, Freelance
California
As seen in: 7x7, Yahoo Life, BBC Travel, Flipboard, The Mercury News, Baltimore Sun, Miami Herald, The Denver Post, Thrillist, Bon Appetit, Orlando Sentinel and
Covers:  Food, Travel, Wine, Recipe Development, Family, Hotels
Doesn't Cover: Sports, Auto, Religion
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

restaurant reviewer for a small weekly paper

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Michael Chabon

What's your favorite social network?

Instagram

Why did you become a journalist?

I love food and I love to travel

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

read!

When's the best time to pitch you?

In the morning

What's your favorite drink?

Negronis in the summer, Manhattans in the winter

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

outside

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

Afar

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

That it's not work
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