Miranda Spivack on Muck Rack

Miranda Spivack

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Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, Medium, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Washington Post Opinions, Los Angeles Times, That Was The Week (Podcast), The Contrarian, Albany Business Review, Salon and
Covers:  development, health care news, health care disparities, suburbs, budgets, social services
Author, Backroom Deals in our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back - The New Press 2025
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Covering night cops

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Afflict the comfortable; comfort the afflicted; speak truth to power

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Staff writer

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Get out of the office and see people face to face
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