Jay Cheshes on Muck Rack

Jay Cheshes

  • Writer, Freelance
  • Contributing Editor, Financial Times
  • None, Freelance: NY Times fashion/travel writer, WSJ
  • None, FREELANCE (FINANCIAL TIMES, BLOOMBERG)
New York, United States
As seen in: Financial Times, MSN, The New York Times, Yahoo Life, Bloomberg News, Yahoo Canada, Aol, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, The Daily Beast, The New Yorker and
Covers:  Food, travel, art, culture, design
Doesn't Cover: Science
JOURNALIST | food. travel. art. culture. design. crime. @WSJMag @WSJLife @nytimes @TandCMag @TravelLeisure
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Interview

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

By email.

What's your favorite social network?

Instagram

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

My feature on Henry Ford's great grandson who is building a $90 million temple in the jungles of West Bengal.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Afternoons, late in the week.

What's your favorite drink?

Negroni

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

At a restaurant.

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

The New Yorker
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