Mary Perez on Muck Rack

Mary Perez

Verified
Biloxi
As seen in: Sun Herald, MSN, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News, Aol, Yahoo Finance, U.S. News and World Report, Flipboard, The Seattle Times and
Covers:  Biloxi, tourism, casinos, business, local news
Reporter at Sun Herald, covering Biloxi, casinos, business, jobs, tourism.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Carrying newspapers hot off the press at my family's newspaper to the people waiting in line to buy them at the front of the office. I was 5.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Indeed

How is social media changing news?

In every way. For me, it's a way to find people on the scene and learn about what's happening in all 12 cities we cover.

What's your favorite social network?

No favorite - try to monitor all the big ones

Why did you become a journalist?

I was born to be a journalist. 4th generation.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Keep your opinion out of your articles. And write short sentences.

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

Who can pick just one?

What's your favorite drink?

water

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

In a meeting. A journalist sits through lots of meetings.

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

That I get free stuff from the casinos and businesses. I don't take free meals or other comps.
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