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Jacqueline Keeler on Muck Rack

Jacqueline Keeler

Portland
Covers:  energy resource development, native mascots, native americans, tribal sovereignty, indian child welfare act
Pulitzer-nominated Journalist, Author of Standoff: Standing Rock, the Bundy Movement - Diné/Ihanktonwan Dakota. Story ideas? jfkeeler@protonmail.com

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

I wrote for local newsweekly called The Dark Horse doing movie reviews in high school.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, when I was a kid my parents had an old one in the basement office. It seemed so cool, then!

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

By email so I can see the ideas of the article clearly laid out. On the phone, I tend to talk too much!

What's your favorite social network?

Facebook.

Who do you wish followed you?

Rachel Maddow, Steven Colbert, Melissa Harris-Perry

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

Yes, I founded it and it was still going strong last I checked. At my high school reunion they had copies of it displayed--I was so proud!

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

I wrote about tribal sovereignty and how our Native nations could preserve the gains they've made in the last 50 years.

When's the best time to pitch you?

From 10am - 4pm Pacific Standard Time

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