Emma Louise Penrod on Muck Rack

Emma Louise Penrod

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Salt Lake City, Tooele
As seen in: Utility Dive, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo, Washington Times, The Salt Lake Tribune, Times Union (Albany), The State, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Roanoke Times, Daily Herald (Provo Utah), Killeen Daily Herald and
Covers:  musicians, local arts, religion, industrial pollution, obesity, livestock, local weather, mountain west medical center, us magnesium, goshute tribal concerns, hobby farms, local health concerns, tooele city government, environmental issues, local churches, kennecott mine, local wildlife, utah environmental policy, drought and water supply, tooele history, water quality, mining, artists, agriculture
Doesn't Cover: tooele county government, grantsville city government, tooele county schools
Independent journalist covering sustainability and equity in agriculture, energy & environmental health. Writing @UtilityDive @FeedStrategy, often elsewhere.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

I started out as a high school correspondent for the Tooele Transcript-Bulletin. I wrote a humor column and covered news from Tooele High.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I used one to fill out my college applications because the PDF wouldn't let me type in it, and I didn't want to fill it out by hand.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Hildy Johnson, of course. From His Girl Friday.

Why did you become a journalist?

I wanted to write research papers (think back to English classes) every day without dedicating my entire career to a single field of study.

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

I was the news editor and page designer for what you could call the "A section" of our paper. I also started the school's literary magazine.
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