Laura Hackett
Pasadena
As seen in:
Colorado Boulevard
Covers:
Education, Board Meetings, City Council Meetings
Teacher, Counselor, Artist, Mother
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Colorado Boulevard
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
No need for printed news.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Perez Hilton
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Be unbiased
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Text me
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Microsoft Word
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
The owner of Outschool, Amir Nathoo.
Why did you become a journalist?
To inform
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Pusd Solar
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write what you know.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Before midnight
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Cover PUSD issues.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
To give up a paid job for an unpaid one.
What's your favorite drink?
Diet Coke
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Out to eat
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Pasadena Now
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I am biased
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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