David Conti
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and
Covers:
Wealth management, crypto, financial planning, personal finance, healthcare, alternative health, Medicare charitable giving, retirement coaching, family money conversations
Financial writer and Retirement Coach at RetireMentors.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Freelancer, post corporate writing career at Fidelity Investments
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
How is social media changing news?
It's making it less serious
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Nia Patel
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Research, ask good questions, get multiple POVs, fact check, tell a good story
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email: davidconti@msn.com
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Perplexity. AI for research; Some AI for headline writing.
What's your favorite social network?
LinkedIn
Who do you wish followed you?
Oprah
Why did you become a journalist?
To tell good stories and help people make better financial decisions.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, reporter and editor Georgetown High School "Blueprint". Old school.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Spending Guilt story for Fidelity Investments -- may be a topic worthy of a book
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write about many different topics.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Afternoons
What's the best pitch you ever got?
When NextAvenue wanted to write a retirement transition story about me...
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
How Boomers are saving their retirement by selling their old comic books collections...
What's your favorite drink?
Campari
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Outdoors, walking or doing Qi Gong.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Wall St. Journal
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That rich people don't like to talk about money to strangers...
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