Jeff Weiss
As seen in:
Medium,
Arthritis & Rheumatology,
Color Research & Application,
Forbes,
Scribd,
USA Today,
Wiley Online Library,
New York Daily News,
The Hollywood Reporter,
Variety
and
Covers:
testing, accountability, popular culture, education, faith, public school, classroom technology, high-stakes testing
Doesn't Cover:
higher education
Education reporter for the Dallas Morning News. Freelance writer about faith, ethics and culture for RNS and CNN.com
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Monitoring a bank of police scanners from 5:30 p.m. until 2 a.m. five days a week for the Miami Herald.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yup. And I remember when the IBM Selectrix with the eraser key was the "killer app."
How is social media changing news?
It enables a much more direct interaction between consumers of the news and purveyors. Which has advantages and disadvantages.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email.
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning.
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