Stephanie Mee
Verified
(She/Her)
As seen in:
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Yahoo Canada,
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and
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Travel, Lifestyle, Food, Real Estate, Health & Wellness, Digital Marketing
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Writing for a small magazine called The Advisor in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Fewer people trust what they see or read now
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Kent Brockman
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Compiling information and presenting it in a way that brings a topic to life. Presenting ideas and new angles of looking at the world.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I'm usually the one pitching
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google Docs, Google search
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Stephen King
Why did you become a journalist?
I've always loved writing and shining the spotlight on topics, issues, people and places that I think deserve to be recognized
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Komitmen Keeps It Clean - an initiative to tackle plastics pollution on Bali
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep working at your craft and find new ways to effectively tell the stories you think people should know about
When's the best time to pitch you?
I'm usually the pitcher
What's the best pitch you ever got?
I'm usually the pitcher
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I'm usually the pitcher
What's your favorite drink?
Old Fashioned
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Sipping drinks and snacking on sashimi next to the ocean
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
National Geographic
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
It's easy
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