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Marisa Guthrie

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journalist, writer, amateur chef, professional yogi, grown-up, collector of shoes, media editor at Women’s Wear Daily
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

editorial assistant at the Boston Herald

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

making it faster and more democratic, for better and worse

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Phillip Roth

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

exclusively

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter

Why did you become a journalist?

I wanted to write novels.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

don't rely on email, pick up the phone

When's the best time to pitch you?

morning

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

There are too many to pick just one.

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

with my daughter

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

The New Yorker

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

that it's easy?
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