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Peter Frank on Muck Rack

Peter Frank

  • Senior Editor and Writer, Freelance
  • Editorial Director, IMP-SF
San Francisco
Covers:  Financial services, fintech, media, economics, equities, strategy, politics, marketing, and communications.
Father, editor, writer, New Yorker, reader, teacher, Bucharester, critical watcher, thinker, and bagelmaker.

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

A researcher at a start-up weekly business newspaper

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

If it's a good idea, any way possible

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

Typical Microsoft Office suite, several CMS systems, Wordpress

Who do you wish followed you?

Jack Shafer

Why did you become a journalist?

To discover and explain the world

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

We did not have a school newspaper

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

Corruption in Romania - an extensive database investigation

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Learn from your sources and listen to your editor

When's the best time to pitch you?

Afternoons

What's the best pitch you ever got?

These guys are back again - the ones running an insurance scam

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

Let's do a profile on this car dealer.

What's your favorite drink?

Water

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Cooking or running

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

Washington Post

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