Jenny Peters on Muck Rack

Jenny Peters

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  • Reporter, Editor and Photographer, Freelance
  • Party Columnist, The Wrap
  • None, Freelance, The Wrap
  • None, Aol
Los Angeles
As seen in: Aol, The Wrap, IMDb, MSN, MSN Canada, Yahoo Entertainment, Business Insider, MSN India, MSN Malaysia, The Telegraph, TIME, USA Today and
Covers:  Entertainment, travel, lifestyle including automobiles, food and wine, health, celebrity events/parties, art and architecture, etc.
Journalist, @TheWrap party columnist, USA Today @10Best expert, CCA's founding member, NYLM film/TV reviewer, travel writer, wino, scuba diver, NOLA fan
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

USA Today Weekend home video columnist

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email

What's your favorite social network?

Facebook

Who do you wish followed you?

George Clooney

Why did you become a journalist?

I love to write and discover stories about interesting people, the arts and more.

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

No

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Don't be discouraged when your pitches don't fly. Keep pitching ideas to editors.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Any time via email.

What's your favorite drink?

Wine

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

At the beach

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

CNN.com

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

That doing an insightful interview is easy.
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