Ivan Penn
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nuclear energy, teco energy, duke energy, consumer affairs, power plants, tampa electric, florida power & light, natural gas, utilities
Ivan Penn is a Los Angeles-based energy correspondent for @nytimes, 2006 @JSKstanford fellow, graduate of @UofMaryland and 2014 @LoebAwards winner.
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Ivan Penn’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Ivan Penn covers utilities and consumer issues for the Tampa Bay Times. He studied at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he majored in journalism and became the editor of The Diamondback daily student newspaper. He began his professional journalism career in 1992 as a reporter and computer assisted researcher for the Miami Herald. A year later, he returned home to Maryland, where he worked for the Baltimore Sun for 12 1/2 years. While on the John S. Knight Fellowship at Stanford Un…
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See all 15 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
My first paid job was working on my college newspaper, The Diamondback. The first job of my career was reporter/researcher, The Miami Herald.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, I wrote my first book in middle school on our family typewriter.
How is social media changing news?
People have always loved sharing information, whether pontificating, preaching, gossiping, publishing. Social media allows for all of it.