Anna Mikulska on Muck Rack

Anna Mikulska

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Krakow, Madrid, Warsaw
Covers:  migrations, human rights
Journalist/researcher/speaker | Migration, human rights m.facebook.com/historieoczlowieku/?tsid=0.

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

To write about a hole in a wall.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

nope

How is social media changing news?

In many ways.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Prefer real ones.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Don't put yourself in the centre. You pass the information, the story is not about you. Be humble.

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

#jebacpis. Polish thing.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

By email.

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

Internet. You do not have to know more :)

What's your favorite social network?

Facebook

Who do you wish followed you?

It's a secret :)

Why did you become a journalist?

There was no other option. I knew I want to do it since I was a child.

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

No, but my first article was published in small magazine when I was 17

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

Reporting stories of migrants as modern slaves in Spain and Italy.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Just write.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Don't ask, just do it.

What's the best pitch you ever got?

Secret.

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

Probably sth related to local politics but don't remember well...

What's your favorite drink?

Beer

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

Away, wherever it might be. Or in bed.

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

The Guardian

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

... don't know, you know.

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