What was your first job as a journalist?
Editor for the Foreign Observer, a student run magazine at Northeastern focusing on issues facing international students in the US
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Not yet!
How is social media changing news?
They're making it much more difficult for readers to know what is legitimate and what is fake news.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Min Jin Lee
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Is to be impartial to any story we're reporting on
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
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How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
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What tools and software do you use to do your job?
I use Google Drive a lot for sharing my writing with the editor, beside that I use D3 and Python for data visualization work.
What's your favorite social network?
I prefer not to use social network but I like Facebook Messenger because most of my connections are on there.
Who do you wish followed you?
Viet Thanh Nguyen or Andrew Yang
Why did you become a journalist?
Because I wanted to satisfy my curiosity about the lives of people around me.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I wish we had a newspaper (I was born and raised in Vietnam). But in my last year I wrote and edit the grade's "wall newspaper"
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The one where I wrote about the Boston Synagogue response to the shooting in Pittsburg.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
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When's the best time to pitch you?
Early in the morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
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What's the worst pitch you ever got?
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What's your favorite drink?
Coffee or apple cider
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In the kitchen cooking a meal or along the beach in Dorchester for a walk.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The California Sunday Magazine
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
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