Cyrus Farivar
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tech law, tech policy, privacy, startups
"suh-ROOS" / سیروس
🕵️ 20+ year tech journalist, editor, author, comms
🐻 4th-gen Californian // Oakland, CA
📥 cyrus@farivar.media
📱 +1-341-758-0888
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Working for Macworld magazine.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Nope.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To inform and tell really good stories.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google Docs, Twitter, Facebook, Reeder.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter.
Why did you become a journalist?
Because it's fun! And I get to learn about awesome tech stuff.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, I was a reporter.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
A story I did in July 2012 on license plate readers.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Don't be afraid to be annoying.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.