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Chris Summers

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Covers:  Current Affairs/Crime/Sport/Politics/Business
Doesn't Cover: Showbiz/celebrity news
Chris Summers. Journalist at The Epoch Times. Tweeting about crime, fires, shipping, boxing, Turkiye, Japan, Caribbean, Africa. Podcast - bit.ly/3NcEHNj

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Journalist who specialises in crime but also writes about everything from politics and international affairs to architecture, civil engineering and shipping, with the odd sport article thrown in. Career highlights include covering the Rose West murder trial (and attending a Fred West-related seance with the legendary medium Nella Jones), interviewing the co-founder of The Crips on Death Row (he was later executed on the orders of Governor Schwarzenegger), meeting Hells Angels founder Sonny Barg…

What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporter on local newspaper - Petersfield Herald - parish council meetings, flower shows, nibs about tractors being stolen. You can imagine.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Sure. When I started out in papers - 1990-3.

How is social media changing news?

It's making it easier (to get hold of interviewees) but it's also making it more vulnerable to fake news

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