Guy Wilkinson
As seen in:
MDPI,
Scientific American,
Stuff.co.nz,
Sydney Morning Herald,
Traveller,
The Age,
9Travel,
Radio-Canada,
Brisbane Times,
WAtoday
and
Covers:
Travel, tourism, adventure, human interest, technology, news.
Doesn't Cover:
Finance, medical, insurance.
Making short films & documentaries with minimal crew.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter, The Farnham Herald.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
I played with my mother's antique typewriter.
How is social media changing news?
It makes it more accessible and more overwhelming.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Haruki Murakami.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Apparently answering as well as asking a lot of questions.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email or phone call.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Macbook Pro, Panasonic GH5, Phantom 4 Pro, Lightroom CC, Davinci Resolve 16, pencil, notebook.
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram.
Who do you wish followed you?
I don't think like that.
Why did you become a journalist?
2004.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No but I worked on a local newspaper in the UK covering anything from hard-hitting pet rescue stories, to news, film reviews and features.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Searching for wolves in Yellowstone National Park.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Beware income monogamy.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Day time.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Would you like to go and sail around The Great Bear Rainforest, Canada to search for the elusive Spirit Bear?
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Do you want to do a story on a hoover part?
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Hiking somewhere alpine. In a movie theater.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The New Yorker.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Writing always comes easily.
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