Michael Taylor
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and
Covers:
Business and politics. Violence, religion, injustice and death.
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Journalist
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Film reviewer for X-Press Magazine in Perth, Western Australia
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Making us all stupid.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Tintin
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It's a privilege to have the trust of your readers.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
relevantly
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Podcast rig, laptop, notepad, digital recorder. It's important to listen and take notes.
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram.
Who do you wish followed you?
Paul McCartney
Why did you become a journalist?
I love telling stories. I love hearing other people's stories and helping them to tell them better.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I did a fanzine when I was still at school
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Never mind the bankers, here's the adminstrators: why it all went Pete Tong for Music Zone
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Just keep writing.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Afternoons.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Fancy going to the Cannes Film Festival in a private jet?
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Does your magazine cover Scotland?
What's your favorite drink?
Water.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Walking the hills
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The New Statesman.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That we're Tories.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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