Erica Rucker
(She/Her)
As seen in:
Medium,
KPHO-TV (Phoenix, AZ),
WXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH),
KSIX-TV (Honolulu, HI),
NewsBreak,
WANF-TV (Atlanta, GA),
KPTV-TV (Beaverton, OR),
KSLA-TV (Shreveport, LA),
KMOV-TV (St. Louis, MO),
KOLO-TV (Reno, NV)
and
Covers:
Medical Policy and Consumer Health,
Civil Rights/Social Justice,
Arts,
Travel and Bourbon
Doesn't Cover:
I'm great with my money but I don't think you'd want my advice on yours. So finance is not for me.
Interview
Have you ever used a typewriter?
I'm a writer, absolutely.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means you have the responsibility to tell the stories of the unseen and unheard. Your duty is to bring light where there is darkness.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Well, it's inappropriate here but it involved Yahoo and the Navy.
What's your favorite social network?
TikTok, I need the laughs.
Why did you become a journalist?
I wanted to write about music but then I realized I could speak truth to power in a bigger way and fight for others.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, I was the Features Editor
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.