Kenneth Silber on Muck Rack

Kenneth Silber

New Jersey
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Interview

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Peter Parker.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email, mostly involving books I might review.

What's your favorite social network?

Facebook

Who do you wish followed you?

@RonanFarrow ‏

Why did you become a journalist?

Winter of 1988.

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

Wrote a humor column.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

This is one I like. http://www.advisorone.com/2010/06/01/a-tale-of-origins

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Aim to have multiple sources of income, including ones outside of journalism.

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

Hiking.

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

Smithsonian.
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