Martin Carr
Verified
As seen in:
IGN Southeast Asia,
MSN,
Yahoo Entertainment,
Yahoo Canada,
Yahoo News,
Yahoo News Australia,
Yahoo News Malaysia,
Yahoo News New Zealand,
Yahoo News UK,
Yahoo Singapore,
Flipboard
and
Covers:
Cinema, film and television with a desire to branch out into more topical genres.
Doesn't Cover:
Anything I am not qualified to give an opinion on
Freelance Film Reviewer @YahooEntsUK @IGN @cbr @wgtc_site @RadioTimes . Also to be found @FilmCriticsUK & - For commissions email: mcarr2@btinternet.com
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Interviewing Tess Morris for Man Up
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Broadening the impact, giving it an immediacy, influencing opinion before opinions have been considered and reaching a wider audience
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Everything
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Bong Jong - ho hashtag after the Oscar win
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Over email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
A pen and pad, an HP laptop, Word Press and Microsoft Word
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Anyone who shares my opinions
Why did you become a journalist?
To share my knowledge
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
University paper yes
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
My last one
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep writing and never compare yourself to others
When's the best time to pitch you?
Early morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
n/a
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
n/a
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In front of a film, eating cake or drinking coffee
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Empire
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That my opinion is more than that
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.