Cristina Trujillo
(They/Them)
- Communications Officer, Insure Our Survival
- News Writer, Nub News
- Digital News Reporter, SWLondoner
- Multimedia Journalist, The Guildford Dragon News
- Political Correspondent, PoliticsHome
- News Reporter, Southwark News
England, London
As seen in:
Nub News,
PoliticsHome,
SWLondoner,
Southwark News,
The Guildford Dragon News,
MSN,
MSN Canada,
Nature,
Flipboard,
Screen Rant,
EFE Servicios,
Advanced Science News,
clm24,
Richmond Nub News,
Kingston Nub News
and
Covers:
Politics, local democracy, crime, lifestyle, entertainment
🌎 Journalist: Politics, Lifestyle, Climate
💻 @Southwark_News @politicshome @TheHouseMag @screenrant
🏔 Trail, Fell Running
🐺 Northern Inuit Parent
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Online Editor at Guestlist.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
How is social media changing news?
Broadening demographics, shorter formats, video.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Eddie Brock.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means you need coffee.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Microsoft Word, WordPress, Google Workspace, InDesign, InCopy, Canva, CapCut, etc.
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram.
Who do you wish followed you?
Louis Theroux.
Why did you become a journalist?
Knowledge is power.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, I was a news reporter.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Court reporting for an inquest for a DA case with important implications for multiple authorities.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be the industry member you wish you worked with.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time
What's the best pitch you ever got?
The short and sweet one.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
No bad ideas, just too many words or too few words. Or unhelpful words.
What's your favorite drink?
Mogu Mogu 😬
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Running
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
All of them
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.