Christopher Noble
Verified
As seen in:
Yahoo Finance,
Yahoo Inc.,
HuffPost,
Wiley Online Library,
MarketWatch,
Taylor & Francis Online,
Science Magazine,
Outsports,
Mechanical Engineering Magazine,
Dialnet - Universidad de La Rioja,
Yahoo Finanzas,
Springer Professional
and
Covers:
financial news, technology, euro zone, markets, u.s., washington dc
Doesn't Cover:
local government, local news, local business
I'm an editorial director at Yahoo Finance
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Picture filer and caption writer at Newsweek.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Uh, yes.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
It's a toss up between Lou Grant and Mary Tyler Moore.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Everything.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
By email. I'll get back to you if your pitch is something MarketWatch is interested in, I promise.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
The usual, plus Storify, Wordpress, FactSet, AOL Instant Messenger.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter.
Who do you wish followed you?
My peers. In theory that would indicate they thought I had interesting things to say.
Why did you become a journalist?
To change the world for the better.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
We didn't have a newspaper.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
MarketWatch's The New Tigers series on emerging markets beyond the BRICs. http://www.marketwatch.com/special-reports/new-tigers/europe
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Find a job covering something that interests you deeply, even if you have to earn less and go somewhere you don't like in the short term.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Early morning.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.