Justin Chandler
Verified
(He/Him)
As seen in:
CBC Hamilton,
Medium,
MSN Canada,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC),
CBC London,
CBL-FM (Toronto, ON),
Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud,
Flipboard,
CBC Radio-Canada,
EIN News,
TVO
and
Covers:
News, current affairs, politics, science, business, arts
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Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Business and technology editor at The Eyeopener
How is social media changing news?
News is faster than ever and far easier to misconstrue.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Lois Lane
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
In person or on the phone
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Social media, voice recorder, notebook, iPhone
What's your favorite social network?
Lately it's been Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
My friends
Why did you become a journalist?
I think people do better when they know better.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I was the arts and entertainment editor for Carpanatomy.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
"A weird bug bit me in my classroom." Turns out they were bed bugs and there was an infestation.
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
At a book
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Toronto Star
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Radio journalism is dull. It's not. I'm cool. I swear.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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