Erik Olsen
Verified
As seen in:
Medium,
MSN,
The New York Times,
Business Insider,
USA Today,
Clarín (Argentina),
Fast Company,
Quartz,
Scientific American,
Substack
and
Covers:
Science, environment, extreme sports, national news, breaking news
Doesn't Cover:
Politics, relationships.
Visual journalist and producer in Los Angeles. Formerly @nytimes, @qz, @ABCNews Instagram @olsentropy. Once went down to 2000 ft in a sub. Thalassophile.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Intern for the Seattle Weekly
How is social media changing news?
Massive aggregation and presentation of news by niche audiences.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Jimmy Olsen, of course.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Pursue the truth.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Canon cameras, Premiere Pro.
Why did you become a journalist?
A story about killings at Les Cayes prison in Haiti. https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/1247467900501/the-killings-at-les-cayes-prison.html
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Worked for the high school yearbook.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write, work, shoot, no matter what. Get working. Stay creative.
What's your favorite drink?
Vitamin water
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