John Pickrell
As seen in:
Nature,
The Guardian,
National Geographic,
New Scientist,
Scientific American,
Reader's Digest (U.S.),
Science Magazine,
Science News,
National Geographic España,
Book Riot
and
Covers:
Paleontology, fossils, dinosaurs, natural history, wildlife, nature, environment, ecology, evolution, conservation, Australia, travel, adventure, human evolution, archaeology, science, palaeontology
Executive Editor APAC & China, branded content at @nature. Author: Flames of Extinction; Flying Dinosaurs; Weird Dinosaurs @ColumbiaUP @newsouthpub @IslandPress
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Intern at Science Magazine
How is social media changing news?
Making it much more immediate and fast-paced
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
http://otranscribe.com; Rev.com; Twitter
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be tenacious and never let an opportunity pass you by.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Stuff not relevant to my beat
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee/wine
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On the trail of dinosaurs
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
The confusion between palaeontology and archaeology
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