Dan Patterson on Muck Rack

Dan Patterson

  • Director of Content, BLACKBIRD.AI
  • Contributing Editor, ZDNet
New York
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Interview

How is social media changing news?

Algorithms

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Spider

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Report

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

Bear, Google Docs

Who do you wish followed you?

No one

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

Literary magazine

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

Any

When's the best time to pitch you?

Daytime

What's the best pitch you ever got?

Willie Nelson

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

Most

What's your favorite drink?

Diet Coke

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

Away from my computer

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

Wired
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