Marc Schulman
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Historian, Teacher, Journalist, Apple Developer, regular columnist in Newsweek - Tel Aviv Diary, regular TV commentator . Email: Marc@Multied.com
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
A daily sheet on the news of the day I put out in 8th grade
Have you ever used a typewriter?
I was sent to typing school during the summer after 7th grade, used one until I got my first Apple II- that was the end
How is social media changing news?
Too much false information, too much information too quickly and we are spending too much time reading it.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Lois Lane
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To try to tell the truth as best as you can to inform readers of the world around you.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
don't remember
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
E-mail
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Since I am also a software developer that is a very long answer but for the journalist in me, its Pages, Twitter, and Safari
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter- if its a social network
Who do you wish followed you?
Tom Friedman
Why did you become a journalist?
To tell the world what I see and how I see from the perspective of someone who understands to some extent history
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No I edited the Social Studies Journal
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Working slowly on a book that will better explain modern Israel
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Understand history, for without context you cannot write a good story
When's the best time to pitch you?
No special time
What's the best pitch you ever got?
don't remember
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
don't remember
What's your favorite drink?
Diet Coke
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
walking my dog
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
New York Times
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it's a war zone
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