Patrick Sweet on Muck Rack

Patrick Sweet

Denver, Wilmington
Covers:  transportation, politics, crime, environmental issues, campaign finance, local government
Doesn't Cover: consumer products, lifestyles
Trial lawyer and former journalist.

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

My first job was covering local government and myriad local issues for The Citizens' Voice in WIlkes-Barre, Pa.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Being a journalist means being accountable to a citizenry and taking serious the duty to inform the public.

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

Excel, MySQL, MS Visual FoxPro, Access, PostgreSQL, ArcGIS, Python, JavaScript.

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter.

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

I worked my way up to become co-editor in chief of my high school paper.

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