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Benjamin Hollis on Muck Rack

Benjamin Hollis

Verified
London, Paris
Covers:  Documentaries, non-fiction entertainment, technology, sport, music.

Interview

How is social media changing news?

It's forcing outlets to rethink how they share information and increasing the influence of video content.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Tintin - also my main fashion inspiration

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To see a story where others don't and to shine a spotlight on it

What's your favorite social network?

Instagram

Who do you wish followed you?

The IDA

Why did you become a journalist?

To satisfy my never-ending curiosity!

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Keep trying

When's the best time to pitch you?

Weekdays

What's the best pitch you ever got?

I was approached to watch and review a film director's self-filmed experiment of trying to hug 61 strangers in one day.

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

In front of a TV

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

Quartz

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