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Peter Bayley on Muck Rack

Peter Bayley

  • Writer for Business, Marketing and Fiction Readers, Freelance
England
Covers:  Business and marketing, particularly in high-tech; social issues and fiction inspired by music. Rock music and film on Twitter
Doesn't Cover: Anything not listed above!
Author of "Seamless: successB2B marketing, selling and account management" and writer of fiction, business commentary and impactful marketing words

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing for The Police Gazette

How is social media changing news?

Lowering public confidence and distorting the truth, but adding undreamt-of speed and responsiveness

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Walter Burns, reporter played by Cary Grant in His Girl Friday

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To communicate the importance of any topic to the reader in an easily digestible, accurate and compelling way

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

As a provider of exciting writing

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

Word / Scrivener / Photoshop / Audials / Zoom

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter

Why did you become a journalist?

I love to write

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

My first book - Unplanned

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Write about what you know and to yourself be true

When's the best time to pitch you?

9-12

What's your favorite drink?

Salt Rock Vodka on the rocks

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

The Times

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