Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
A science / travel magazine called The Explorer.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Sure.
How is social media changing news?
It raises serious concerns about credibility, makes hard for people to navigate between what is credible and what is a lie.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Anyone from the Newsroom, maybe Charlie Skinner.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To constantly being on top of your game.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
By e-mail.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
No special software, maybe IO counts but not sure.
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook for work, Tiktok for fun.
Who do you wish followed you?
Any other journalist in my field. And also any scientist.
Why did you become a journalist?
It kinda came naturally for me.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I did not.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Every interview ever done, also going to a homeopathy press tour and exposing the fals science behind the industry.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Hard work pays off. Also, do not do it if you cannot do it wholeheartedly.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
The opportunity to go to CERN
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I had a couple of interviews where I could not get out anything of the interviewee but that's about it. Oh, and anything about ivermectin.
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee?
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Running outside or nowadays front of my TV watching Netflix.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
National Geographic
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it is boring. Not the slightest.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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