Ella Snyder
(She/Her)
As seen in:
L'Officiel USA,
Yahoo Entertainment,
Yahoo Life,
Yahoo News Malaysia,
Yahoo Singapore,
Aol,
Cosmopolitan,
Cosmopolitan (UK),
Dazed Magazine,
Yahoo Style Singapore,
Yahoo Lifestyle Australia
and
Covers:
Sex, dating, gender identity, mental health, self image
model transsexual occasional blogger
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Interning at L’Officiel
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Sure,
How is social media changing news?
There’s a lot more misinformation now with social media and there’s a much greater volume of general noise available immediately at all times
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Andy Sachs — the devil wears Prada
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To report the truth
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
With budget
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google drive / docs
What's your favorite social network?
I hate them all equally
Who do you wish followed you?
Rihanna
Why did you become a journalist?
I still don’t consider myself one. I’m a writer.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
We didn’t have one :/ but I would’ve
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Ethel Cain cover profile for Cosmo
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write what you know — if you don’t know, find out.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Don’t
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Ethel Cain cover story for Cosmo
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Period underwear advertorial as a trans woman
What's your favorite drink?
Chocolate milk :P
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Working from my phone
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Vogue
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I’m an editor. I’m a columnist. I don’t have the power yall think I do.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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