Tim Hornyak on Muck Rack

Tim Hornyak

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Tokyo
As seen in: MSN, MSN Singapore, The New York Times, The New York Times en Español, UOL, Yahoo Life, Business Insider, Nature, The Guardian, TIME and
Covers:  Business, technology, science, politics, travel, food, history, culture, leisure
Words @TheAtlantic @nytimes @TIME @Nature @CNBC @AGU_Eos @kinfolkmag ; Author, Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots; Songwriter @rumdukes
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Medical magazine editor

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! Love them

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Ford Prefect

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To have "fire in the belly" for getting a story out

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email

What's your favorite social network?

IG

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

Not a newspaper but I edited our yearbook and its creative arts supplement

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

My book Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Specialize--and have a backup career plan!

What's your favorite drink?

Craft beer, on occasion

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

Walking the infinite maze of Tokyo
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