Michael Dwyer on Muck Rack

Michael Dwyer

Verified
Melbourne
As seen in: The Age, Nature, The Guardian, The Guardian Australia, Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone Australia, Stuff.co.nz, Sydney Morning Herald, Naked City, New Musical Express (NME), The Sunday Age and
Covers:  Music Arts Culture
Music-arts-culture journalist-lecturer & Bowie-ukulele accident @theage @smh @brisbanetimes @WAtoday @collarts @thinwhiteukes @guardian
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Interview

How is social media changing news?

Stealing it mainly

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

What does it mean to be a journalist?

With great power comes great responsibility

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Desktop Mac, Word

What's your favorite social network?

Facebook

Who do you wish followed you?

Peter Gabriel

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Write

When's the best time to pitch you?

9am

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

At the piano

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

That music journalists are the idiot cousins of real journalists
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