Matt Hussey
As seen in:
LinkedIn,
Medium,
The Startup,
The Telegraph,
TIME,
TechCrunch,
Yahoo Finance,
Cosmopolitan,
MDPI,
The Next Web
and
Former director of content @ NEAR Foundation, creator of NEAR Studio. Pen for hire.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Staff Writer at Shortlist Magazine.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
How is social media changing news?
It's making it a lot faster, and more prone to making mistakes.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Mattie Storin
What does it mean to be a journalist?
A combination of telling the truth and trying to survive financially.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Trello, word press, clear, google docs, android
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram.
Who do you wish followed you?
The commissioning editors of The Atlantic, New Yorker and Smithsonian.
Why did you become a journalist?
Because I'm interested in everything, and I discovered almost by chance that I could actually write-contrary to what my English teacher said.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Nope.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Interviewing both Tony Blair and David Cameron.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Don't write for free.
When's the best time to pitch you?
In the morning
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.