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Lynnley Browning

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  • Managing Editor, PYMNTS Intelligence, PYMNTS
Chicago
As seen in: PYMNTS, MSN, The New York Times, UOL, Bloomberg News, Business Insider, HuffPost, Reuters, The Washington Post, TIME, Yahoo News and
Covers:  Business, Finance, Tax, Startups, General News, Culture
Doesn't Cover: Gadgets, Politics
Versatile business editor and content strategist. Priors: @business @nytimes @Reuters in Moscow.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Digging for news in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a stringer for Reuters.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To ask questions, dig deep and write a compelling, narrative-driven story that sheds light on something we didn't previously know...

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email.

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

Court records, documents, SEC fiings, Google.

What's your favorite social network?

Toss up between Twitter and Facebook

Why did you become a journalist?

Because nothing is more intellectually satisfying or fun than digging deep to find out things we didn't know.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

No.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Question everything. Dig. Then dig some more.
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