Garrett Shanley
Verified
(He/Him)
As seen in:
The Chronicle of Higher Education,
MSN,
Yahoo Canada,
Yahoo News,
Aol,
Flipboard,
The Jerusalem Post,
The University of Florida,
Yahoo Noticias,
Yahoo Sports,
Miami Herald
and
Covers:
Politics, finance and higher education administration
political influence reporter @chronicle | @ufjschool alum | past: @miamiherald @thealligator | garrett.shanley@chronicle.com | Signal: garrettshanley.31
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
News writer at my high school newspaper
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Once, as a treat
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Andrea Sachs
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Why did you become a journalist?
My mother taught me how to get lost in a piece of writing, and be stubbornly snoopy
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, I was editor-in-chief
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Follow the money, be annoying, drinks lots of coffee
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A conversion therapist was coming to speak at my campus
What's your favorite drink?
Black coffee
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Watching old movies and talking to my house plants
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Washington Post
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