Cervanté Pope
(She/They)
Los Angeles
As seen in:
Yahoo Entertainment,
Yahoo News,
The Indiegogo Review,
Flipboard,
Complex,
Consequence,
Willamette Week,
MXDWN,
Portland Mercury,
Currently
and
Covers:
Music, culture, and film.
Doesn't Cover:
I haven't found any yet.
music & culture journalist for hire | very frequent crier
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
With bestnewbands.com. My first larger-scale interview was with Fitz and the Tantrums.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
William Miller
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Through email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Whichever ones I have to.
Who do you wish followed you?
On social media? No one, it's not really my thing.
Why did you become a journalist?
Nothing else made sense.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, I helped start it. I was an editor.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The queercore story for Creem, and the 'Deathconsciousness' retrospective with Have a Nice Life.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
It's hard... but if you love it, you can't stop.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Whenever I'm awake.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Ask me in person ;)
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I'm not at liberty to say.
What's your favorite drink?
Whiskey with an ice cube and lemon.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In my comfy chair, or at the beach.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it's easy.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.