Austin Keating
Verified
As seen in:
The NEWS (ACHR),
Medium,
Soundcloud,
University of Illinois News Bureau,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
WILL-TV (Urbana, IL),
Argonne National Laboratory,
The News-Gazette (Champaign, IL),
American Agriculturist,
Dakota Farmer,
Delta Farm Press
and
Covers:
Sheet metal, commodities, environmental remediation, PFAS, water quality, engineered systems, boilers, HVAC, duct cleaning, duct sealing, hydronic systems
Doesn't Cover:
Consumer food and beverage, cotton
Editor @ACHRnews | Covering MEP | Formerly @Prairie_Farmer + @NCSAatIllinois | Alamo in Mattoon owner | Avid kayaker, 1st amendment fan + sci-fi pulp reader
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Assistant producer at WILL
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
I guess Jimmy Olsen, a photographer. He's a red head too
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email, multiple is fine
Who do you wish followed you?
Ag media agencies, many get our print product which has my number thiuggt.
Why did you become a journalist?
To communicate science
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
I have a story about wood heater emissions regulations and I've never been more thorough. Or published something so long.
When's the best time to pitch you?
4pm
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
The workshop
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
WSJ
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That there aren't family farms anymore.
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