Omar Mohammed on Muck Rack

Omar Mohammed

Verified
Boston
As seen in: The Boston Globe, Medium, MSN, MSN Canada, MSN Ireland, MSN New Zealand, Bloomberg News, Daily Mail, MSN South Africa, Nature, Reuters and
Covers:  media, politics, technology, business, literary journalism
economics reporter @BostonGlobe. @Bagehots fellow and graduate @ColumbiaJournMA. Alum @Newsweek, @Reuters, @business & @QZ.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Media Writer

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

it has shrunk the news cycle and shifted the authority away from traditional journalists to everyone with an internet connection.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Thomas Fowler from Graham Greene's 'The Quiet American'.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations." — George Orwell

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

Twitter, often. iTalk on my iPhone.

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

I worked for my college newspaper, starting out as a Contributing Writer then as an Op-ed editor and Columnist.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Keep churning out content. Publish, publish, publish.

When's the best time to pitch you?

The Morning, as I scan the day's news cycle.
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