Laure Siegel on Muck Rack

Laure Siegel

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Covers:  Asia // Alternative cultures // International politics // Environment
Reporter SE Asia @Mediapart (rb.gy/qyvflr) // Founder of @VisualRebellion Myanmar // In English (bit.ly/2WWnwA2) // Author of Figures Libres (bit.ly/3s6dYUk)
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

I was a local correspondent for Journal L'Alsace in my hometown in Eastern France.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

By email.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Photos

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter

Why did you become a journalist?

To inform and empower people, to live life on my own terms.

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

An ongoing series of features about the situation in post-coup Burma with Visual Rebellion Myanmar.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Keep your ears and eyes open, work on your memory, look for and tell the truth, respect people, be self-sufficient, open your mind.

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

In the streets and jungles of Asia.

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

The Mekong Review
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