Aviezer Tucker
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Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Ron Ben Yishai kicked me out of Galacz in 1983.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, in the eighties.
How is social media changing news?
Short, nasty, and brutish.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Lou Grant
What does it mean to be a journalist?
One who journalizes.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
I don't read hashtags.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
By email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
I preferred ink and a fountain pen, but I settled for something by Bill Gates.
What's your favorite social network?
Drums in the Jungle.
Who do you wish followed you?
My wife.
Why did you become a journalist?
I love to write for the people.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes; I can't remember anymore (just kidding), I edited it.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The articles that turned into books.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Try a course in accounting.
When's the best time to pitch you?
As the sun sets.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Black.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
White.
What's your favorite drink?
Earl Grey.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In the kitchen.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Times Literary Supplement before I go to sleep.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it bites.
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