S.E. Bourne
(WOMAN)
Newfoundland and Labrador
Covers:
Modern Living, Ageing, Nature, Dreams, and The Small Things.
Doesn't Cover:
Nonsense
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Fooling around on medium and substack and muckrack.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, I was a child of the 80s, and we were trained in typewriting as part of our coursework.
How is social media changing news?
Tower of Babel
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Murphy Brown? Would she count?
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be a witness to the world.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Oh god. Hashtags - I can't even. Arent they sort of over at this point?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Wass up?
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
An old dell 2024 laptop that I got for 200 bucks and I must have wireless logitech mouse and keyboard. And I hate to admit it but ChatGpt.
What's your favorite social network?
I hate them all equally. Really just pits of despair and gazing at self reflections.
Who do you wish followed you?
Humorists, Naturalists, Graffiti Artists, Dog Lovers, Men with Beards, and Grey Hair and Levis Lovers.
Why did you become a journalist?
To try and bring order to chaos.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I dropped out of highschool at 16 on the dot.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
I really enjoyed just finishing my weird little tome on dreams that I have written down over the years. DEATH AND DREAM TIMES
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write, bullshit, write some more.
When's the best time to pitch you?
After 3pm.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Your writing is actually sort of charming in a sad way.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I want you to be weak for me.
What's your favorite drink?
SAKE
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Sleeping
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Jessica Wildfire.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I have one.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.