Leonardo Faierman
Verified
Covers:
Entertainment, tech, and arts & media, especially from marginalized creators
Doesn't Cover:
Sports, finance
1/5 of @BlackComicsChat | 1/2 of @TheScreamSquad | co-creator @snow_daze_comic | words @GetNarazu / @adweek / @screenrant / @loveexpands / Cartoons & Cereal FTW
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
I briefly interned at a music & culture mag for school credit in high school
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
The marginalized have been given the weaponry to fight back and get their story told. Now, to get them all properly paid and published
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Spider Jerusalem
What does it mean to be a journalist?
For the entertainment beat, it's looking closely at the work of creatives for the intentional and unintentional messaging revealed theren
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Covfefe
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
With a request for an invoice
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Libreoffice, a chromebook, and VLC to slow down interviews for transcription
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
David Simon
Why did you become a journalist?
Because I'm passionate about the media we consume, and am always thinking about what goes on under the hood when we consume it
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Nope, but my high school experience was...complicated
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
My current project which is *whispers* a secret
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Outline, outline, outline
When's the best time to pitch you?
24/7/365
What's the best pitch you ever got?
To investigate the work of Anna Deavere Smith
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Not sure, but it was probably a listicle
What's your favorite drink?
Cold-brew iced coffee, black, no sugar, easy on the ice
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
The gym
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Electron Dance, and anything Laurie Penny publishes on
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That writing about entertainment is easy
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.