Patrick May on Muck Rack

Patrick May

Silicon Valley
Covers:  apple, travel, dining, jazz, startups, economy, tech, business features
Doesn't Cover: american, sports
Former staff writer for the San Jose Mercury News with 30 years on the front lines of daily journalism. patmayday@gmail.com

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Patrick May is an award-winning staff writer with The Mercury News in San Jose, California, currently assigned to the Business Desk as a General Assignment reporter. Over his 34 years in daily newspapers, Pat has traveled overseas and around the nation, covering wars and natural disasters, writing both breaking news stories as well as longer pieces that examine how larger events or trends shape communities or subcultures. He has won numerous national and regional writing awards during his years…

What was your first job as a journalist?

Cop reporter for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

For many many years.

How is social media changing news?

Fundamentally in multiple ways.