Tristan Smith on Muck Rack

Tristan Smith

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New York
As seen in: MassLive, Boston Business Journal, Flipboard, Military.com, MLive, Penn Live Patriot-News, El Pueblo Latino, The Republican (Springfield, MA), Journal Inquirer, Stars and Stripes, Syracuse.com and
Covers:  Local businesses, events, crime, arts, education
Professional Scribbler | NYU l MassLive | Amherst Wire l UMass-Amherst | Depressed Knicks Fan
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing for my college newspaper: The Amherst Wire

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No, I'm 23

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Alma Gutierrez

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To show people we're more alike than we are different.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

In person

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Adobe suites, slack, arc publishing, Microsoft word, Twitter.

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

There's always a story to be told

When's the best time to pitch you?

Noon

What's the best pitch you ever got?

A Massachusetts teenager placed 1st in a national building competition

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

A marketing agency stole my mother's brownie tray idea.

What's your favorite drink?

Rum and Coke

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

The Atlantic
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