Robert Samuels on Muck Rack

Robert Samuels

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Washington, D.C.
As seen in: The Washington Post, Medium, MSN, The New York Times, Estadão, Nature, Post Outlook, The Guardian, The Independent (UK), TIME, Washington Post Opinions and
Covers:  cultural/race relations, socioeconomics, human interest, youth culture, urbanism, social equality, urban affairs, culture, metro d.c.
Doesn't Cover: education
National enterprise reporter @washingtonpost. Pulitzer winner. Co-author, “His Name is George Floyd.” National Book Award finalist. Skating fan. Medill alum.
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Interview

How is social media changing news?

It's made news, and celebrity, more democratic

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

E-mail, primarily. Or a phone call.

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

Twitter; Facebook; Methode; the telephone

Who do you wish followed you?

Fellow lovers of prose and those who enjoy good stories, in all forms.

Why did you become a journalist?

I was inspired after watching an inaccurate report about my neighborhood in the Bronx on a local broadcast news station when I was 9.

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

Nope.
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