Andrew Curran on Muck Rack

Andrew Curran

Cincinnati, Connecticut
As seen in: The New York Times, El País, The Guardian, TIME, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, MDPI, The Conversation, Flipboard, Medical Xpress and
Covers:  race, history, enlightenment, Diderot, France, eighteenth century, history of medicine
Writer/Scholar... Books: "Biography of a Dangerous Idea" / "The Race Makers" / "Diderot" -- www.andrewscurran.com/biography-of-a-dangerous-idea
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Interview

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yup.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

The usual.

What's your favorite social network?

a dinner party.

Who do you wish followed you?

Any freethinking, non-dogmatic person. Anyone like this.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Drew.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

The story of my father's death.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Read older journalism. Think visually. Never let a misleading antecedent survive.

What's the best pitch you ever got?

Not sure.

What's your favorite drink?

Manhattan.

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

The stove.

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

I don't have a beat.
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