Lynsey Barber on Muck Rack

Lynsey Barber

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London, United Kingdom
As seen in: Cosmetics Business, HPCi Media, Medium, Business Insider, The Sun, WIRED (UK), WIRED Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun, City A.M., The Advertiser (South Australia), PR Week and
Covers:  Business, technology, digital, media, finance, economics.
Journalist. No longer here. Find me on Instagram or LinkedIn
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Editorial assistant at M&M Global.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Never.

How is social media changing news?

It's dictating the news agenda more and can uncover unheard stories.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Telling people something they don't know.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Call me.

Why did you become a journalist?

To write about interesting things.

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

Looking through public records of government lobbying via all-party group, to find that lobbyists are not the biggest groups involved.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Call yourself a journalist, not an aspiring one. Understand digital publishing.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Afternoon. Never on Tuesday.
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