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Marcus DiPaola

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Chicago, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Medium, The New York Times, Business Insider, Chicago Tribune, Coastal Living, China Network Television, Rapid City Journal, Herald & Review
Covers:  White House, Congress, hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes.
I used to cover the White House, now I do the news on TikTok.

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By Marcus DiPaola Verified
| Medium
You can support me through my Patreon. My goal is to work directly for my audience by December 2024, although considering how things are going, it’s more likely to be 2025 or even 2026. I currently make my living doing freelance work, independent from my social media. Red my favorite color. I have 12 identical red shirts, 12 identical white shirts, and four identical black shirts. I do not wear the same shirt two days in a row.
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My TikTok Journey

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By Marcus DiPaola Verified, Jeff Jarvis, Alex Veeneman Verified, Kaleb Nyquist
| Medium
Hi, Please read about my pre-TikTok life first. A link will redirect you back here at the end. I got addicted to TikTok in February 2020 when I started watching YouTube compilations of the best COVID TikToks. I started watching TikToks using Chrome on my desktop computer. I added consulting for a digital media firm to my freelance work, which needed me to move to D.C. but I was miserable, and I eventually decided to take them off my client list.
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PHOTOS: Mourners Flock to Supreme Court in Wake of Ginsburg's Death

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By Marcus DiPaola Verified
| zenger.news
A woman comforts a man outside the Supreme Court after Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death was announced on September 18, 2020. (Marcus DiPaola/Zenger) At least 300 people gathered at the Supreme Court in Washington D.C. at 9 p.m. Eastern time Friday, hours after the Supreme Court announced Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death. The crowd stretched from the top of the steps to the opposite side of First Street NE.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Photography intern at The Trentonian.

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

AG-UX180, Canon 5dmk3, Premiere Pro, iNews.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Physically showing up is a prerequisite for reporting. Only once you have an established base of sources, you can report by phone.