Dan Hayes
Verified
As seen in:
Sheffield Tribune,
Medium,
Sunday Mirror,
The Guardian,
Substack,
Yahoo Sports,
Yahoo Sports Canada,
Washington Times,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
The i Paper,
Arizona Daily Star
and
Covers:
Social affairs, crime, general news, human interest.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Trainee.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
For good and bad. It makes finding information and people so much easier but it has also produced really unpleasant abuse.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Tintin
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means you are an essential part of the democratic process.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
E-mail.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Laptop, mobile phone.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Jennifer Williams
Why did you become a journalist?
Because I read 'All The President's Men' as a 20-year-old.
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?
Abbeydale Road: The gun crime capital of Sheffield.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Don't judge yourself by page views.
When's the best time to pitch you?
6pm
What's the best pitch you ever got?
I've never worked freelance yet.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Never worked as a freelance yet.
What's your favorite drink?
Thornbridge Jaipur (craft ale)
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
The pub.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Vox
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That most regional journalists have 'beats' anymore.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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