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Geoffrey Cain

New York
Covers:  north korea, pop culture, south korea, economics, southeast asia, asia, politics, korea, technology, health, myanmar, thailand, indonesia, cambodia, vietnam, china
Author: Steve Jobs in Exile | Samsung Rising | The Perfect Police State. @Spectator columnist. Covering tech, business, and reinvention. geoffreycain.substack.com

Interview

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yeah. What a pain.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Thomas Fowler, the British journalist in Vietnam from Graham Greene's "The Quiet American" (1955).

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

A short e-mail will do the trick, with a couple sentences on why this would be relevant to American readers interested in foreign news.

Why did you become a journalist?

To shine a light on the the stories and experiences of people around the world, especially those who don't have a venue to talk elsewhere.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

I was the film critic and entertainment editor.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Get out the office or classroom. Get in the field. I got my start with a ticket to Cambodia and a handful of story ideas.

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