Danny Duncan Collum on Muck Rack

Danny Duncan Collum

  • Columnist, U.S. Catholic
  • Director Of Visual Arts & Associate Teaching Professor, Kentucky State University
Frankfort
As seen in: U.S. Catholic, Sojourners, The Lamp Magazine
Covers:  politics, culture, religion, popular music, movies, TV, media, digital culture, rural America, race and class, populism, democratic socialism
Author, professor, journalist
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Assistant Editor Sojourners magazine

Have you ever used a typewriter?

yes

How is social media changing news?

It's making things that never really happened into news.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Ted Baxter in Mary Tyler Moore Show

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

laptop, Microsoft Word, Firefox, Spotify,

Who do you wish followed you?

Bruce Springsteen

Why did you become a journalist?

Because I was discovered to be good at it.

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

Yes. Wrote an opinion column.

What's your favorite drink?

sweet tea

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

Driving, cooking or walking.

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
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