Declan Keogh
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As seen in:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC),
The Toronto Star,
Global News,
Investigative Journalism Bureau,
Irish Examiner,
Exclaim!,
National Observer,
NOW Toronto,
The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON),
Waterloo Region Record
and
Covers:
Anything
Senior reporter at @UofT_ijb
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Freelancing for local Toronto publications
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
It's taking away our traditional revenue source
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
I don't have one
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be caffeinated, stressed out and on deadline
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Not a hashtag but the monkey headshot thing
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Adobe Creative Cloud, Excel, Open Refine, Document Cloud, etc.
What's your favorite social network?
Reddit
Who do you wish followed you?
Drake
Why did you become a journalist?
Because my mom was a journalist and I've always aspired to be a writer
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
My high school didn't have a paper
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Probably the CBC investigation into Able Translations or the stuff we produced in Hong Kong
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Find a beat that you're interested in, rather than forcing yourself into one you're not.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime!
What's the best pitch you ever got?
N/A
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
N/A
What's your favorite drink?
Water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Watching the Toronto Raptors
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Atlantic, the New Yorker and The Walrus
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
I think people that when you cover social justice issues people think you must stand behind them 100 per cent, which is not always the case.
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