Lori Zelenko
(She/Her)
As seen in:
Caviar Affair,
EastHampton.com,
Fashion Mannuscript,
Millennium Magazine,
New York Lifestyles Magazine,
Unnamed Project,
Pet Lifestyles Magazine,
Pride Business
Covers:
Travel, Luxury Lifestyle, Beauty, Wine/Spirits, Lifestyle trends across categories - i.e. luxury innovations
Doesn't Cover:
Do not cover Politics
LSZ COMMUNICATIONS / Lori Zelenko Strategic Marketing Communications, Entertainment Editor New York Lifestyles Magazine
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Boston Daily Free Press covering the arts in Boston in graduate school
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
How is social media changing news?
Faster no curation
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Francine DuPlessix Gray
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Storytelling spontaneously on paper
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
No idea
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
PC laptop iPhone IPad
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Anyone compelling and relevant
Why did you become a journalist?
Can't stop storytelling
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
yes wrote headlines edited
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Whatever is currently on my screen
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Success will find you stick with it
When's the best time to pitch you?
morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Get so many hard to say
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
No idea
What's your favorite drink?
Vodka on the rocks with fresh lime
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Shakespeare in the Park
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Skimm
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
No idea
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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