Fred Schwaller
As seen in:
Deutsche Welle (DW),
LinkedIn,
Brasil Online,
G1 Globo,
Line Today (Hong Kong),
MSN,
MSN Brasil,
MSN Deutschland,
MSN Ireland,
MSN UK,
UOL
and
Covers:
Neuroscience, pain research, the broader biological sciences and psychology, as well as topics to help early career scientists
British born, Berlin-based science journalist and editor. Currently a news editor at Nature magazine.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Pain research forum
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
The immediacy and the volume; sometimes it's too much to deal with without getting overwhelmed
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
via Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Pencil and paper and Zoom
What's your favorite social network?
Reddit
Who do you wish followed you?
Ed Yong
Why did you become a journalist?
I felt that not enough scientists (like I used to be) communicate enough with the wider public.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
My short stories I am working on
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
I don't know yet, but I'd like some!
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee, perhaps Greek-style
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Out socialising, cycling around Berlin, reading a book.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
London Review of Books
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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