Neil Michael on Muck Rack

Neil Michael

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Ireland
Covers:  Breaking news, inquests, investigations, with special interest in the Fishing industry, autism, the Defence Forces and avoidable hospital baby deaths.
Doesn't Cover: Sport.
journalist, photographer, Social Justice Media Award winner. Former news editor, Washington Post stringer, BBC pundit and civil servant.

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I work as a staff reporter with a national newspaper in Ireland. Before I started work for them in 2019, I worked for a variety of titles here and in the UK, including the Irish Mail on Sunday/Daily Mail, the News of the World, The Sun, and The Daily Express. While at the Daily Express, I was involved in media campaigns for Fair Trials Abroad. Before starting journalism, I worked as a civil servant in London, a car washer, an electrical goods salesman and a barman/cellarman. I also worked as a …

What was your first job as a journalist?

Local newspaper reporter, covering agricultural shows, town council meetings and Magistrate's Courts.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

This is what I used to write my stories on when I was getting unpaid work experience on the Richmond and Twickenham Times, many years ago.

How is social media changing news?

It isn't "changing" news.

Awards

Justice Media Award

2021 - Human Rights/Social Justice Reporting