Peter Jukes
Verified
As seen in:
Byline Times,
Apple Podcasts,
The New York Times,
BBC,
The Guardian,
The Independent (UK),
ABC News (Australia),
Mashable,
Newsweek,
Substack,
The Daily Beast
and
Covers:
polish politics, films, news corp, british politics, phone hacking, monopolies, digital domain, drama, media culture, transparency, bank malpractice, soca, phone hacking trials, whistleblowers, news international, corruption of public officials, news of the world closure, jimmy savile, press complaints, daniel morgan inquiry, leveson inquiry, historic child abuse
Doesn't Cover:
personal gossip
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Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Working for Daily Beast and Newsweek after another two careers as dramatist and critic
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Not for 25 years
How is social media changing news?
It makes journalists more responsive to the audience, and less dependent on a media hierarchy
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
All the journalists in Hemingway and Camus
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To believe that though absolute truth might be unobtainable, striving for it is vital
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I have no idea
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
iPad with aps, Window 8 desktop, iPhone dictaphone, a good ear for dialogue and a filmic eye
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
God
Why did you become a journalist?
Luck, anger and a little bit of insight
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No. I wanted to hitchhike to Spain, refight the Spanish civil war, and make the earth move for some woman
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
My biggest exclusive was the (yet to be fully exposed) story of bribing US officials
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Don't think of it as a career. Think of it as a mission
When's the best time to pitch you?
After coffee
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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