David Gonzalez
As seen in:
Medium,
MSN España,
Diario AS,
Historia y Vida,
La Vanguardia,
El Español,
France 24,
Mundo Deportivo,
The Conversation,
VICE
and
Covers:
Human rights, conflict, peacebuilding, refugees
Doesn't Cover:
Entertainment
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter in CM& news Colombia
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
How is social media changing news?
Positive : Democratizes information and new creative ways of storytelling. Negative: Too much stupidity online
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
George Orwell
What does it mean to be a journalist?
A first class witness of history, a free spirit and a dreamer
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
davidgonzalez.periodista@gmail.com
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
A good camera, a voice recorder and a notebook (also video editing software like final cut pro?
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
Good editors
Why did you become a journalist?
I don´t know how to do anything else and I love it.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
yes, I wrote very short stories
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
One I did about a Colombian journalist who was killed for paramilitary groups: http://www.vice.com/es_co/read/el-viejo-periodista-que-muri-enfrentando-a-la-mafia-en-urb
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep calm and write
When's the best time to pitch you?
8 am to 11 am
What's the best pitch you ever got?
One it was straight to the point and very human
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
a topic to wide and chaotic
What's your favorite drink?
Gin
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Cinema
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Daily Beast, The independent, Al Jazeera, Vice News
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I want to write just about death and violence
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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