Sheela Prakash on Muck Rack

Sheela Prakash

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United States
As seen in: MSN, NYT Cooking, Yahoo Life, Fox News, HuffPost, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News Australia, Yahoo News Malaysia, Yahoo Singapore, Aol and
Covers:  Food, Travel, lifestyle
Sheela is the Senior Contributing Food Editor at Kitchn and the author of Mediterranean Every Day: Simple, Inspired Recipes for Feel-Good Food.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Nutrition Editorial Intern

How is social media changing news?

Huge

What does it mean to be a journalist?

A journalist is an individual who collects/gathers information in the form of text, audio, or pictures, processes it into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

no more than 300 words

Why did you become a journalist?

I love writing

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Stand with truth

When's the best time to pitch you?

Anytime if the content is good

What's your favorite drink?

Coffee is my favorite beverage

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

Reading

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

eater.com

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

The biggest misconception about me was that I was a workaholic.
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