Jack Gill
As seen in:
DriveTribe,
RealClear Defense
Covers:
Car reviews, driving stories, detailing, used car buys
Mechanical engineer and aspiring motoring journalist. Currently working at Bentley Motors and writing for the Drivetribe website. Love of all things motoring
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Drivetribe
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
Making it more readily available, increasing the pressure on news outlets to react quickly, creating a lot of short, low quality content
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Lee child
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
N/A
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Word, Drivetribe post editor, HP laptop, Sony NEX-5D camera, iPhone 7
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Harry Metcalfe
Why did you become a journalist?
To combine my love for motoring with an interest in writing an expressing my opinion, taking these to a wider audience.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No, high school did not have a newspaper
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Review of my current BMW Z4
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
As an aspiring journalist myself I unfortunately don't have much advice other than just go for it!
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Never had a pitch
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
N/A
What's your favorite drink?
Corona
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
At the gym or under a car
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Evo magazine
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That car reviews are just a list of facts and figures, people don't see the opinions and thoughtful writing behind them
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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