Liz Owens
Verified
(She/Her)
As seen in:
WRDW-TV (Augusta, GA),
MSN,
Color Research & Application,
International Journal of Nursing Studies,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
KPHO-TV (Phoenix, AZ),
WWLP-TV (Chicopee, MA),
WXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH),
KSIX-TV (Honolulu, HI),
NewsBreak,
WANF-TV (Atlanta, GA)
and
Covers:
Government corruption, misuse of tax dollars, unethical business practices, and social justice.
Investigative Reporter
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Paid internship with Georgia Public Broadcasting
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Do I have to give away my age?
How is social media changing news?
General population doesn't understand the difference between fact based reporting and propaganda and distrusts "the media."
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Kent Clark
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To understand all sides of a story, gather the facts , and present it in an unbias way.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Trello, Excel, Tableau, Pacer, Lexis Nexis, etc.
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
My dad. He passed away just before the pandemic.
Why did you become a journalist?
To create change
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes. Reporter.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The ones that create the biggest change in my community.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Question any information that is given to you on a silver platter.
When's the best time to pitch you?
morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Any that includes documents/data to back up the pitch.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Too many to name
What's your favorite drink?
Just give me an IV of caffeine.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On a trail
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
ProPublica
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
It's "gotcha" journalism
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.