Daniel Lee
Indiana
As seen in:
CNN,
IMDb,
The Telegraph,
The Wall Street Journal,
Substack,
The Star (Malaysia),
Vogue,
American Medical Association (AMA),
The Fashionisto,
International Business Times Australia
and
Covers:
Political philosophy, travel, outdoor sports, anything interesting.
Doesn't Cover:
Chef contests. Pediatric beauty contests. Pet parades. (Actually, pet parades may be negotiable.) Ice fishing. Never again.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
No more questions.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No more questions.
How is social media changing news?
For the good: It's giving a voice to many people previously excluded. For the worse: It's giving a voice to many people previously excluded.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Carl Kolchak.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Experiencing things that not everyone gets to experience and putting them there.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
No more questions.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
A slow hanging curve.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Notebook, keyboard, screen. Occasionally a camera.
What's your favorite social network?
The Kiwanis Club
Who do you wish followed you?
Julie Cultice, from 8th grade math class 1971.
Why did you become a journalist?
No more answers.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No more questions.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
A piece on my family's experience of the Civil War for USA Today.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
It's not your job to manage people's opinions.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Right now.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
I was asked if I wanted to learn to drive a stock car and write about it.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
The one that put me into this endless "interview."
What's your favorite drink?
They're telling me I have to try the hemlock.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
No more questions.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
No more answers.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
No more answers.
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