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Harriet Baskas

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Seattle
As seen in: LinkedIn, MSN, MSN Canada, Yahoo Life, Fox News, MSN South Africa, MSN UK, USA Today, Yahoo News, ABC News and
Covers:  Airports, Air Travel, Business Travel, Museums (offbeat especially); general travel, cool stuff.
Doesn't Cover: Nothing is off the table ever.
Happiest in an airport or unusual museum. Work appears (or has appeared) on NBC News, CNBC, USA Today, The Points Guy, others. Contact: hbaskas (at) gmail.
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Interview

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email.

What's your favorite social network?

Instagram, but Bluesky is growing on me.

Why did you become a journalist?

I'm very curious about the world. And nosy.

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

Yes. Whatever they asked.

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

Always proudest of the article I'm currently working on.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Anytime. But, please not AFTER something cool has rolled out. Especially at an airport.

What's the best pitch you ever got?

Please join us on a cruise where all the other passengers will be astronauts and NASA workers, past and present.

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

"I see you just wrote an article about X. You should edit the article to include my client."

What's your favorite drink?

Bourbon.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

At an airport or an unusual museum.
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