Jeffrey Seglin on Muck Rack

Jeffrey Seglin

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  • Senior Lecturer and Program Director, Syndicated Columnist, Freelance
Boston, Cambridge, East Falmouth
As seen in: CNN, MSN, The New York Times, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Inc., SFGate, Flipboard, Salon, Baltimore Sun and
Covers:  Ethics, Communication, Journalism, Writing
Senior Lecturer, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School. Columnist, editor, teacher. The Right Thing columnist. Tweets automatically delete.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Stringer at $5 an article for Times-Bulletin in Boonton, NJ in early 1970s,

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

Who do you wish followed you?

High school and college students.

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

I was the co-editor of my high school newspaper.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Be persistent and patient.

What's the best pitch you ever got?

Working as an editor at a small business magazine I once received a pitch from a large chewing gum manufacturer about one of its new products

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

For chewing gum while working at a business magazine.

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

Pacing.

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

That writers covering ethics are more judgmental than those who don't.
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