Shanna Lewis
Verified
(She/Her)
- Journalist, Photographer and Radio Producer, Freelance
- Growth Reporter, KRCC-FM (Colorado Springs, CO)
Colorado
As seen in:
KRCC-FM (Colorado Springs, CO),
Here & Now Anytime,
National Geographic,
NPR,
U.S. News and World Report,
Flipboard,
Health News Florida,
The Denver Post,
WUSF Public Media,
WBUR-FM (Boston, MA),
Colorado Public Radio
and
Covers:
Growth, arts, literature, religion, environment, rural issues, history, Colorado
Doesn't Cover:
Crime, politics
Writer, photographer, radio journalist
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Working at a weekly newspaper
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email or through contact form on my website
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Professional audio and camera gear including Marantz, Rode and Nikon. Adobe Master Collection-Photoshop, Lightroom, Audition, InDesign, etc
Why did you become a journalist?
Storytelling - weaving images, sound & words - is the way we share meaning and help each other to know and understand our world.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Late morning on weekdays.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
The pitch that used this for a subject line: Toilet Water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Fieldwork, photography, sound gathering, talking to people in the community, hiking, skiing with hubster and dog, reading books!
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
NY Times
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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