Tolu Salami
(He/Him)
London
As seen in:
Medium
Covers:
Indoor gardening,
Gardening,
Real Estate,
Artificial Intelligence
Doesn't Cover:
Fashion, Medicine, Travel, Forestry, Education
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Interviewing real estate agents.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
It's the forefront of news.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Louis Lane
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To educate people and expose the truth.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google Docs
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Elon Musk
Why did you become a journalist?
To educate people
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The importance of LetPlant in the real estate industry.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be consistent.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Evening
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Investigative report about corruption in a real estate deal.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
A rambling email about a real estate company.
What's your favorite drink?
Water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Walking
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Archdigest
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it is easy.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.