Justin Stares
Verified
As seen in:
Maritime Watch,
Daily Mail,
The Daily Mirror,
The Telegraph,
Yahoo News UK,
Stuff.co.nz,
Substack,
Sydney Morning Herald,
The Age,
Irish Independent,
New Zealand Herald
and
Covers:
The EU, the maritime industries, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Italy
Editor and founder of maritimewatch.eu
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
I worked for my father's news agency in Swindon, England.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
When a boy...
How is social media changing news?
Everyone thinks he's a journalist today
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Tintin?
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Being a journalist means looking for gems in dung.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
The usual plus, increasingly, graphic design software
What's your favorite social network?
Youtube
Who do you wish followed you?
Matt Drudge
Why did you become a journalist?
My parents were both journalists; it seemed like fun. I also wanted to travel the world.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I edited the student magazine at the University of Bath, which was called Spike.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Terror attacks in Paris and Brussels
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Do stuff no-one else can
When's the best time to pitch you?
morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
do you want to travel around Pakistan?
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
everything from the European parliament
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
art school
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Het Nieuwsblad
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That Belgium is one country.
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