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Clydeen McDonald

As seen in: The New York Times, Earth Journalism Network, Cannabis Wire
Teaching Artist - Recovering Journalist | Doubles & Kobayashi Maru connoisseur| Enfrento el Mundo sin temor📰➥@Seeorne|📧clydeenmcdonald@gmail.com |🇹🇹
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Photojournalist

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No.

How is social media changing news?

#ObamaGate

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

#What

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Abode Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter

Why did you become a journalist?

Because I loved processing information and explaining it.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Yes, I did.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Don’t do it.

What's the best pitch you ever got?

I will make you a star.

What's your favorite drink?

Gin and Tonic

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Walking.

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

New York Times
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