Gabriel Kirellos
Verified
(He/Him)
As seen in:
The Collector,
LinkedIn,
MSN,
MSN Canada,
Flipboard,
Yahoo,
KTVX-TV (Salt Lake City, UT),
TheThings.com,
Currently,
The Travel,
So.Gay
Covers:
Travel
Writer and Editor / Travel Lover / Storyteller / Views are my own / RTs = Endorsements
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Travel writer
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
Making it better and providing more options and diversity
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Anna Marie Quindlen
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It's giving it your all
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
N/A
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
By E-mail or through LinkedIN
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Creativity
What's your favorite social network?
LinkedIN
Who do you wish followed you?
Sundar Pichai
Why did you become a journalist?
This is my passion since I was a teenager
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?
Anything related to travel, history, sociology, or psychology
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
If the passion is not there, it won't work.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime
What's the best pitch you ever got?
How to say less and sell more
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
N/A
What's your favorite drink?
Champagne
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Traveling
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Travel Leisure
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
N/A
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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