William Harrel
As seen in:
Digital Trends,
PC Mag Middle East,
PC Magazine Australia,
PCMag,
PCMag India,
PCMag UK,
Lifewire,
Techwalla,
Online Tech Tips,
Gadget Review
and
Covers:
printers, scanners, desktop PCs, laptops, tablets, 2-in-1s, monitors, peripherals, smartphones, OSs, Android, graphics, photo, and video editing apps, animation, Web design, MS Office, Adobe CS apps
Doesn't Cover:
gaming
William Harrel is a technology journalist and currently a contributing editor at PCMag.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Windows Magazine
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Oh yes, for many years
How is social media changing news?
Distorting news is the issue
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Not sure what that is. Stienbeck?
What does it mean to be a journalist?
You must be honest and thorough. Often, many things, including other people's livelihoods could depend on it. Integrety
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
MS Word, Photoshop, Chrome, Excel, Google Sheets and Docs, 49-inch monitor, Dragon Dictation, discipline
What's your favorite social network?
LinkedIn
Who do you wish followed you?
God
Why did you become a journalist?
I wanted to write the next blockbuster novel, but journalism pays the bills
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Get published and don't worry about what you get paid until you get some clips. Never pitch an editor who doesn't cover the topic at hand
When's the best time to pitch you?
anytime by email
What's the best pitch you ever got?
America Online (AOL): When they debuted their first site at COMDEX, I told my fellow journalists that AOL would never make it.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Too many bad ones to know
What's your favorite drink?
Wicked Black Cherry
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On my Harley
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Netflix
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I know everything about the topic
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