Gerard Flynn on Muck Rack

Gerard Flynn

Covers:  community action, far right, gentrification, populism, crime, social policy, epidemics
NYC reporter: Housing/Health/Crime. As seen @Newsweek @CityLimits @NYObserver,@Gothamist, @The Villager @City&StateNY @MaskMag, @DNAinfo @VICE,etc

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Intern Broadcasting & Cable

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes - but not for journalism

How is social media changing news?

Look around you.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

They are all fiction writers

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Mostly a careerist with no sense of right and wrong outside of single-minded devotion to careerism

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

dunno

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

By first name

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

My hands.

What's your favorite social network?

That's a sad question and depressing commentary on the state of our world - what remains of it.

Who do you wish followed you?

Hot chicks

Why did you become a journalist?

gODS KNOW

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?

Income inequality - how sad, how real, how scary.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Dont do it.

When's the best time to pitch you?

anytime

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