Daphne Young
Verified
(She/Her)
As seen in:
WSB-AM (Atlanta, GA),
KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA),
San Francisco Chronicle,
San Francisco Bay View,
WGAU (Athens, GA),
WALR-FM (Atlanta, GA),
WSB-FM (Atlanta, GA),
Black News Portal,
Black News & Views
Covers:
Breaking News
Crime
Education
Social Justice
Entertainment
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Photo intern at the Chicago Daily Defender newspaper.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Of course.
How is social media changing news?
Profoundly. Every year there is a new social media site emerging and so many changes to the ones that are already established.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
none
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be able to get the truth to the masses.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
none
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Emails
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Tweet deck, Twitter, Hootsuite, and MS Word
What's your favorite social network?
LinkedIn
Who do you wish followed you?
Oprah
Why did you become a journalist?
To write about what's going on in the world.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Writer
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Reparations in SF
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep a day job until you find the journalist job that you really want.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Mornings
What's the best pitch you ever got?
to write about things happening in our world and neighborhoods
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
sports
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In front of the TV or cooking
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
LA Times
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Education - school board meetings are not interesting (totally NOT true)
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.