Trent Nelson
Verified
(He/Him/Them)
As seen in:
Mid-West Family Broadcasting,
MSN Singapore,
Sex and the State,
Royal Blue Mersey,
Pain In The Arsenal,
WMAY-AM (Springfield, IL),
Yorkshire Bylines,
Transatlantic Today
Covers:
Current events, politics, history, culture, society, domestic and foreign policy, government, economics, soccer, fiction, poetry, food, investigations, interviews, and more.
Writer, editor, historian, commentator, podcaster, philosopher and poet; I like soccer & literature too....AV Editor for @LiberalCurrents, etc.
Interview
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Faster, more organically interconnected information but also more grifters and bad faith actors and institutions.
What's your favorite social network?
Mastodon/Twitter/Notes
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
All of my work concerning the poor, the homeless or otherwise indigent, as well as those essays on the use of sanctions in foreign policy.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
To quote Erasmus, “The desire to write grows with writing.”
When's the best time to pitch you?
Afternoon
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee/Espresso
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
At the book or thrift store, in the forest, on the mountain, or at the water.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.