Jamie Jiang on Muck Rack

Jamie Jiang

(She/Her)
Cambridge, Chico
As seen in: MSN, The Independent (UK), The Washington Post, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News Australia, Yahoo News New Zealand, Aol, Associated Press, The Toronto Star, The Seattle Times and
journalism student @ mit / prev: @nsprnews @Report4America @kcur
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Student newspaper!

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Lois Lane.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Community service.

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

Adobe Audition

Who do you wish followed you?

Planet Money TikTok guy!

Why did you become a journalist?

I felt compelled to after seeing my friends navigate an overly complicated and untransparent university emergency aid system.

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

In the field

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

Grist.

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

That it's just about covering live wildfires.
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