Eric Deggans on Muck Rack

Eric Deggans

(He/Him)
  • Critic at large, NPR
Virginia, Washington, D.C.
Covers:  TV, radio, race, social equality, pop culture, media, politics, diversity/minority affairs
Knight Chair, Journalism and Media Ethics, Washington & Lee University. Critic-at-large, NPR. Author, "Race-Baiter: How Media Wields Dangerous Words..."

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

regional news reporter in Pittsburgh's northern suburbs

Have you ever used a typewriter?

yes. to write up photos assignment forms in my first newspaper job.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Larry Wilmore, senior black correspondent on The Daily Show.

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

Yes. Wrote a column on student life.

When's the best time to pitch you?

mid afternoon

What's the best pitch you ever got?

A publicist pitched a client who turned out to be a complete fraud. i exposed him, got city to cancel giving him key. Good pitch for me!

What's your favorite drink?

unsweetened iced tea

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