Graeme Hanna
As seen in:
ReadWrite,
MSN,
MSN Money Canada,
Flipboard,
Manchester Evening News,
Birmingham Mail,
VAVEL,
The Code Project,
24/7 Wall Street,
Bristol Post,
Kent Live
and
Covers:
Football, Fan Culture, News, Tech, Belfast, Politics, Opinion.
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Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Freelance, self-starter.
How is social media changing news?
Democratising the field, traditional players losing their monopoly but also gives space to noise and fake content.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Phone, pen, paper, notebook/diary, laptop.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Andy Mitten. Trailblazer.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Features editor.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
To date, my first published piece in the Belfast News Letter.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write, write, write. Believe in yourself, persevere, make contacts, get yourself noticed, be brave.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Evening.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
When Saturday Comes.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That there are no fresh angles or content from football, the fans and the culture around it.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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