David Brown on Muck Rack

David Brown

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Louisiana, New Orleans
As seen in: Medium, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Barnes and Noble, Chicago Tribune, Scientific American, Slate, The Daily Beast, The Indian Express, The New Yorker and
Covers:  Wine, space, and literature—ideally, all three at once.
Doesn't Cover: Politics
Author of THE MISSION (Custom House, 2021) and THE OUTSIDE CATS (Mariner, forthcoming). Words for the New Yorker, &c. // INACTIVE ACCOUNT. Text me instead.
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Interview

How is social media changing news?

For the worst.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Spider-Man.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email, telephone, Twitter

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Microsoft Word and a telephone.

What's your favorite social network?

None.

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

Of course not.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

The Odyssey of OSIRIS-REx, for The Week.

When's the best time to pitch you?

There is no bad time to pitch me.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Running, probably.
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