Caroline Layt
(She/Her)
As seen in:
Daily Mail,
Sydney Morning Herald,
SB Nation,
The Sunday Age,
Outsports,
The Roar,
Star Observer,
The Monthly,
Inside Sport
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Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Still to get my first job, slow down have just taken my first classes, but I have written for Outsports and Polare magazine
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, I'm old
How is social media changing news?
Social media is putting a personal story and face to news. It is also making it easier for journalists to find news stories.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
For me it means I get to be myself as I like telling people news and am always really informative when it comes to news and stuff
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
N/A
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
At the pub
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Still working on that
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook/twitter sorry that's two
Who do you wish followed you?
Dalai Lama
Why did you become a journalist?
It's 50 years in the making. I should have become one after I left school. Just knew it was for me,
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I did some radio 'podcasts' on the Schools First XV. My partner in crime was then future Wallaby prop Tony Daly
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
My article about myself on Outsports....remember I am new at this so my experience is still limited, but ask me in 6 months time again
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be true to yourselves and be ethical
When's the best time to pitch you?
At the pub
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A story on me, there's me, the only female and 600 guys playing sport. I ended up on page 3 of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
N/A
What's your favorite drink?
Bourbon and Coke/wine/beer/champers/anything going really
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On the couch or the training paddock doing sprint work; a bit of an oxymoron I know
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The now defunct Rugby Weekly
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Don't have one as yet
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