Greg Guma on Muck Rack

Greg Guma

Burlington, Vermont
As seen in: Spreaker, Truthout, Global Research, Seven Days, VTDigger, Kirkus Reviews, Times Argus, Brattleboro Reformer, Rutland Herald, Toward Freedom and
Covers:  Politics, history, mass communication, Vermont,
Writer, editor, teacher, Vermont historian. Author, The People's Republic, Restless Spirits & Popular Movements, Inquisitions, Spirits of Desire, Dons of Time
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Local Daily reporter and photographer

Have you ever used a typewriter?

For decades

How is social media changing news?

Too often driving false narratives

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Witness to history and writer of its first draft

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

My wits and an iPad

Why did you become a journalist?

Experience

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

Editor

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

The People’s Republic: Vermont and the Sanders Revolution

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Remain skeptical

What's your favorite drink?

Coffee

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

New York Review of Books

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

It goes far beyond politics
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