Jen Samuel
Verified
As seen in:
MSN,
The Mercury News,
The Morning Call,
EIN News,
NewsBreak,
Reading Eagle,
Centre Daily Times,
Scranton Times-Tribune,
The Delaware County Daily Times,
LNP
and
Covers:
Breaking news, community happenings, small business enterprise, endangered species, nature, politics, policy and inspiritional life stories.
Doesn't Cover:
Sports
Writer.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Avon Grove Sun
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
How is social media changing news?
How are we as people changing society as extinction nears?
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
SUPERMAN
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Liberty!
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Little truly funny these days via # tags
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
215-964-5553
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Paper and pen during dreams and photoshop plus old school Word ... simple zero accountants -- free software, unabated
What's your favorite social network?
earth
Who do you wish followed you?
White House
Why did you become a journalist?
In honor of our civil society's Free Press
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes reporter & editor
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Hope unwritten still. The future is yet to be written.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Never give up! Also never compromise & know your brand ... First Amendment journalism is UNBAISAS & tells / showcases all sides
When's the best time to pitch you?
24/7
What's the best pitch you ever got?
We need your help.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Blah
What's your favorite drink?
Water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Elsewhere.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Google News Feed
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That we haven't been destaffed by 95 percent in newsroom within last few years alone ...
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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