Joshua Rom on Muck Rack

Joshua Rom

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  • Freelance Entertainment Correspondent, TalkTV
  • Freelance Entertainment Journalist and Broadcaster, BBC
London
✡️ Culture, royals & news | 📺+📻 Sky, Times Radio, LBC & more | Film, Downton & Bridgerton lover | Views mine only | Enquiries: sue@celebagents.co.uk

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

A production assistant at Notts TV (the local channel for Nottingham) I learned LOADS!

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I WISH! I once asked Lily James about using one after she starred in Darkest Hour and she said it’s a real skill!

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Veronica Corningstone. Her reaction to getting dropped because of a car chase in Anchorman 2 is priceless. Plus she’s beautiful!

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

#TheresaMay - watching her at a party after Boris’ resignation, all the videos of her dancing, fields of wheat. The gift that keeps on giving

What's your favorite social network?

Good question, although they are all essential for the job, they can all be toxic in ways ways. So I have no preference!

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

School didn’t have a paper but I did work at my uni’s magazine as a fashion and ents writer!

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Learn from mistakes. Fight on and most importantly never EVER give up. Don’t let the bastards grind you down.

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

The cinema.

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