Gus Calabro
(He/Him)
Covers:
Business, Food and Beverage, Hispanic Retail, Traditional Staples, Insights, Hispanic, Ethnic
Abasto: "Where Business Intelligence Meets the Hispanic & Cross-Cultural Food & Beverage Market"
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Clarin
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
How is social media changing news?
I am conflicted about this topic. On the one hand, it helps reach more people, but people need to verify the sources.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Hemingway
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To share information.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Not that many, lately.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
By a simple phone call, text, or email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
WordPress, Word, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and many more.
What's your favorite social network?
LinkedIn
Who do you wish followed you?
No one in particular.
Why did you become a journalist?
To try to find the truth.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes. Writer.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
My editorials.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Stick to the facts.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
There were so many, I just couldn't choose one.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Again, there are so many that it is impossible to pick one.
What's your favorite drink?
Water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Reading or playing tennis if it is not that cold.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Pagina 12, Washington Post,
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I am always right, when no one is.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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