Robert Elder
Central Region
As seen in:
The New York Times,
Business Insider,
Wiley Online Library,
Cardiology in the Young,
Yahoo Finance,
Flipboard,
Miami Herald,
Audible Blog,
Yahoo,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
and
Covers:
Technology and media
Doesn't Cover:
Gossip
(un)dead account
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
BI Intelligence
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Tried it once when I was young.
How is social media changing news?
Distribution, audiences, revenue (everything).
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
Why did you become a journalist?
Why does the world exist?
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The future.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Whenever you're ready.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Project financing for a hydro plant in Nepal.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
The only bad question is the unasked one.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On the street.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Quora.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Common projects.
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