Katie Taranto
Verified
(She/Her)
As seen in:
Inside EPA,
Flipboard,
The Morning Call,
Her Campus,
EIN News,
NewsBreak,
Columbia Missourian,
ARLnow,
Editor & Publisher,
KOMU-TV (Columbia, MO),
The Griffon News
and
Reporter @InsideEPA.
@mujschool made. Signal: katiealx1.74
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
I became an assistant news editor of The Stinger during my freshman year of high school.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
I have not, but I would like to try it sometime.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Spiderman.
Why did you become a journalist?
To tell people's stories that need to be told, and inform the general public with valuable information.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Local news outlets, the New York Times, and the Guardian. For magazines, I prefer the New Yorker, Time, and National Geographic.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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