Martha Brennan
(She/Her)
As seen in:
Tasting Table,
MSN,
MSN Canada,
MSN Ireland,
MSN UK,
Yahoo Entertainment,
Yahoo Life,
MSN South Africa,
The Daily Mirror,
The Guardian,
Yahoo Canada
and
Covers:
Breaking news, business, health, culture, fashion, beauty, food and beyond.
San Francisco based, Cork raised. Reporter and amateur baker. www.facebook.com/marthabrennanjournalist
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Writing features one day a week at The Connacht Tribune for free during college.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
This was my dream present as a child. They were hard to come by in the early 2000s though.
How is social media changing news?
In every scary and exciting way possible.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To never make the story about yourself.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
#FreeLuas. There is no better place than Irish twitter.
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram.
Why did you become a journalist?
I love listening to people's stories.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
My high school didn't have a newspaper but I started freelancing at 18 and worked my way up to become the Deputy Editor of my college paper.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
My International Women's Day feature where I interviewed some amazing Irish women who have lived in Direct Provision.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Knock on doors. Editors aren't as scary as you think.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A story about life in Ireland since the Marriage Referendum that I commissioned while guest editing The Irish Examiner's Feelgood section.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
No pitch is a bad pitch.
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee. Shocking, I know.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On a yoga mat or with my head in a book.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The New York Times.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That you can only have one beat.
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