Joanne Warnock on Muck Rack

Joanne Warnock

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Aberdeen
As seen in: The Press and Journal, MSN Singapore, Daily Mail, MSN UK, Scottish Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror, The Mail on Sunday, The Times, Scottish Daily Record, This is Money, Evening Express and
Covers:  Crime, travel, food, breaking news
Scottish journalist; currently pt at The Press and Journal covering north-east crime and court; also available for freelance jobs. joannewarnock@me.com
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporter at The Press and Journal

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

Google docs, Otter, pen and paper.

Who do you wish followed you?

Bob Mortimer, failing that Ted the dog.

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

Nope, we didn’t have such things.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Again, you’ve confused me with some kind of Ed?

What's the best pitch you ever got?

See q.9.

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

I’m the pitcher not the pitchee.

What's your favorite drink?

Tea, has to be strong - bag must be swilled a few times and given a slight squeeze - then (finally) a dod of milk - never milk first.

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

In front of the fire.

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

Hugo Rifkind’s My Week*

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

That Scots are either drunk or tight.
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