Brian Welk
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Senior Reporter, Business @IndieWire; formerly @TheWrap; USC Annenberg MA Grad, Chicagoan, Cubs Fan, Hoosier
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Writer and Editor for CIO Talk Radio, an Internet based podcast focused on IT and Business.
How is social media changing news?
It's making it faster, a positive, but which can result in too-fast of reactions, inaccuracy and negativity.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Anton Ego, food critic from Ratatouille, and Lester Bangs, music critic for Rolling Stone in Almost Famous
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes! I eventually became the Editor in Chief of the Addison Trail Torch.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
I still feel very proud of my profile of Jon Vickers in the Indiana Daily Student.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
To quote Matt Zoller Seitz, be faster than those better than you and better than those faster than you.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning to early afternoon
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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