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Shepard Price

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Journalist (they/them) @ExpressNews | Lions, Bucks, VGK and ChiSox | Hook 'em 🤟 | Reputation era is peak Taylor. | Scottish at ♥ 🦄 have an Illinois tattoo

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Working the AHL beat covering the Chicago Wolves for the SB Nation site Knights on Ice.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

When I was a kid my family still had one and I would randomly press the keys.

How is social media changing news?

It is both making journalism more accessible by giving everyone the opportunity to report their own news and lowering qualifications.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Clark Kent

What does it mean to be a journalist?

It means finding a story, investigating and then telling the truth.

What's your favorite social network?

Reddit.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

I did not, but I took Journalism as a class in high school, which was mostly focused on broadcast.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

I once made Ted Cruz angry by spotlighting the fact that he was rallying against preferred names while having one himself.

What's your favorite drink?

Pepsi Max Cherry

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

The New Yorker

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