Conor Truax
Verified
(He/Him)
As seen in:
In Review Online,
The New York Times,
Artforum,
The Times Literary Supplement,
Litro,
Screen Slate,
Family Style
Covers:
Film, photography, art, literature, culture, mental health
writer for rent
recent work @BOMBmagazine @spike_art @forevermagnyc @LAReviewofBooks @FlauntMagazine @thedrift_mag etc.
conorgtruax@gmail.com
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
N/A
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
It's changing reading, period
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
I don't care for fictional journalists
What does it mean to be a journalist?
N/A
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
N/A
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
E-mail
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
N/A
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Miranda July
Why did you become a journalist?
N/A
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I wrote opinion pieces for a community newspaper to represent the perspective of high school students.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Photography piece for Spike Art
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
N/A
When's the best time to pitch you?
Early morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
I'm yet to receive it
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
N/A
What's your favorite drink?
Negroni
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Reading
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
New Yorker
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I write about media coverage as an end in and of itself
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