Peter Frank
As seen in:
Medium,
The New York Times,
Yahoo News,
Yahoo Sports,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Yahoo,
Green Bay Press-Gazette,
The Post-Crescent,
Wausau Daily Herald,
Fond du Lac Reporter
and
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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