Claudia Carpenter
Verified
As seen in:
S&P Global Commodity Insights,
Bloomberg Businessweek,
Bloomberg Markets Magazine,
Bloomberg News,
The Economic Times,
The Independent (UK),
Yahoo Finance,
Chicago Tribune,
Sydney Morning Herald,
Chron,
Mint
and
Covers:
Oil and refined oil products.
S&P; Global reporter/editor in Dubai; muckrack.com/claudia-carpenter
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
reporter at Journal of Commerce on Wall Street
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Making it angrier
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Writing interesting stories that most people will understand.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
by email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Excel, Word
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
My former boss
Why did you become a journalist?
My father and grandfather were journalists.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
no
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Yemen stories
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Never give up
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Can't remember
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
none.
What's your favorite drink?
coffee
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
At the gym
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Twitter
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