Paul Knott
As seen in:
Cycling Weekly,
Financial Times,
Substack,
Give Me Sport,
Norwich Evening News,
Social Europe,
When Saturday Comes,
Scratching Shed
Covers:
Sport
Cycling Journalist & Author | Brightonian | West Ham ST holder
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Fitness writer for Cycling Weekly
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Other than as a child as a toy... no.
How is social media changing news?
It's giving the athletes and teams their own platform to dictate the news, whilst also giving everyone a voice (for good and bad)
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
ProCyclingStats is a saviour for any cycling journalist and probably doesn't get as much credit as it should
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Why did you become a journalist?
To be closer the action of live sport
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Just write as much as you can, for as many different publications. Or even try to set up your own project.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On the sofa, on my bike or out for a run.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Cycling - ProCycling, Newspaper - The Guardian
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That travelling for work is glamorous and not tiring
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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