Joe Santoro
Verified
As seen in:
Nevada Appeal,
MDPI,
Reno Gazette-Journal,
Tahoe Daily Tribune,
Sierra Sun,
The Record-Courier,
Our Community Now,
Southside Showdown,
Carson City Current
Covers:
Nevada Wolf Pack football, men's basketball, Chicago White Sox
Degradable.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Sports editor at the Reporter-Progress newspapers in suburban Chicago in 1979.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
How is social media changing news?
It is flooding our nation with misinformation.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Do not read fiction. Only write it.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be a historian.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Hash what?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Down the middle.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Pen, paper.
What's your favorite social network?
The checkout line at Wal Mart.
Who do you wish followed you?
Everyone.
Why did you become a journalist?
A love of writing, a love of history.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes. Everything.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The next one.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Find a new career.
When's the best time to pitch you?
The first inning.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Each time I was offered a job.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
A fastball aimed at my head by Bob Feller in the late 1980s.
What's your favorite drink?
A pond.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In front of the refrigerator.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
My IRS tax refund check.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it is all fun and games when, in fact, none of it is.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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