Eoghan Lyng
(He/Him)
As seen in:
Far Out Magazine,
Substack,
Flipboard,
The A.V. Club,
Letterboxd,
The Playlist,
PopMatters,
Taste of Cinema,
The Digital Fix,
Prague Post,
Record Collector
and
Covers:
Film Politics Music Art
Doesn't Cover:
Clickbait articles
Hello. Writer, English teacher, full time lover of life. Has read Joyce´s ´Ulysses´ on eight wonderful occasions.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
UCC Express editor
Have you ever used a typewriter?
I have. Madrid, 2015.
How is social media changing news?
Making it faster, though not necessarily more credible.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Mikael Blomkvist
What does it mean to be a journalist?
I prefer to call myself a writer.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Wordpress and Twitter.
What's your favorite social network?
Who do you wish followed you?
Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr
Why did you become a journalist?
To write
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I was one of the editors of the UCC Express
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
My Paul McCartney collab interviews
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep it up!
When's the best time to pitch you?
13:00 GMT
What's the best pitch you ever got?
The next pitch
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
HAven't had one
What's your favorite drink?
Lemon tea
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Somewhere at the end of a telephone (will submit privately)
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Guardian
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
It takes the necessary time.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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