Bill Mickey on Muck Rack

Bill Mickey

(He/Him)
Connecticut, New Haven
As seen in: The Authority File
Covers:  academic librarianship, higher education, library technology, academic and scholarly publishing, book publishing, open access, open research, information literacy, information management
Doesn't Cover: television, fiction, poetry, radio, school libraries, public libraries.
Bill Mickey is the editorial director of Folio: magazine and Foliomag.com.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

My first big story was a feature on how database information providers were prepping for Y2K.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Raoul Duke.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email is best.

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

Google, Twitter, LInkedIn, rss, the telephone.

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Start local! It's sorely needed.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Any time, as long as it's via email.

What's the best pitch you ever got?

All the ones that came from PR folks who did their homework and knew my/our beats.

What's your favorite drink?

Martini: dry, gin, dirty.

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

On my bike.

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

The Quietus (https://thequietus.com/). Amazing music journalism.
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