Beth Pinsker
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Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Intern at Entertainment Weekly.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
It's allowing us all to "talk" to each other
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Harriet the Spy
What does it mean to be a journalist?
You tell other people's stories.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
hashtags are over, aren't they? I think I read that on #twitter.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
All of them?
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
Obama
Why did you become a journalist?
Can't write longer than 1000 words at a time.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, and I was editor, of course.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
A story about the TSA, where I worked for six weeks as a baggage screener, then reported for Wired on how the system doesn't work.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Email, then it doesn't matter.
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