Josh Black
As seen in:
Medium,
TIME,
Yahoo Canada,
Aol,
Newsweek,
The BMJ,
The Hill,
EIN News,
WRIC-TV (Richmond, VA),
Magzter Inc.
and
Interview
How is social media changing news?
We keep a low profile. Our paywall is pretty high, so we don't share much. But other orgs have seen seen it affect their business.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Is there a better one than Evelyn Waugh's William Boot (from Scoop)?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
E-mail is fine.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
An in-built content management system and Indesign mostly.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I wrote a story on parallels between Obama offering Hilary Clinton a job and Lincoln's team of rivals.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
I opted for a steady job in business journalism. It works for me, but keep up side projects or outside contacts.
When's the best time to pitch you?
After 11 AM UK time.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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