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Marcello Rossi on Muck Rack

Marcello Rossi

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Europe, Italy
Covers:  Human rights, the environment. climate change, climate-related crisis scenarios
Climate & environment journo | Bylines @NatGeo, @guardian, @TheEconomist,@AJEnglish, @BBC | @journalismfund @pulitzercenter @ejcnet grantee | @KipProgram fellow

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Unpaid intern for an Italian small-scale online publication

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes I have

How is social media changing news?

That's pretty simple: the bulk of advertising money is being invested there.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Tintin

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Too generic question. It really depends on which kind of journalist you are.

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

I honestly don't know

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email

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

Word and the Adobe Suite

What's your favorite social network?

Facebook

Who do you wish followed you?

The New Yorker's William Finnegan, Sarah Stillman and Ben Taub. The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates and Graeme Wood.

Why did you become a journalist?

I like to write and want to provide as many people as I can with elements to build their worldview

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

I did not

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

Longform profiles

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Hold on even when everything seems to go awry. It sounds a bit of a clichè, but it's the truth.

When's the best time to pitch you?

In the morning

What's the best pitch you ever got?

Never got one

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

Never got one, only sent a slew

What's your favorite drink?

Gin and tonic

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Rock climbing or reading the print version of National Geographic or The New Yorker

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

The New Yorker

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

Freelance journalism is good since you can choose what to write about and when. In truth, things are slightly different.

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