🇺🇦 Fashion Photographer Munich/Budapest illyaovchar.com

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing a restaurant review.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, I'm glad to be working in 2021 and not 1970.

How is social media changing news?

Social media makes it easier to share information, however, that information is often not checked and is amplified within bubbles of users.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email with all details, a few visuals, and a personal touch.

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

Laptop, MS Word, coffee.

What's your favorite social network?

Instagram

Why did you become a journalist?

To be able to share my ideas with others.

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

Interview with Albert Watson.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Don't be afraid to reach out to your dream workplace, chances are, you will be accepted.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Afternoons, around 3/30PM.

What's your favorite drink?

Coffee, what else?

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

Photographing fashion.

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

The Creative Review, 1854 Photography.

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