Virginia Sole-Smith on Muck Rack

Virginia Sole-Smith

(She/Her)
As seen in: Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith, Apple Podcasts, Elemental, Medium, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Yahoo Life, Business Insider, Fox News, HuffPost, Shutterstock and
Covers:  obesity, eating disorders, women's issues, mermaids, women's health, body image, hunger, beauty industry, poverty, beauty standards,
Doesn't Cover: plastic surgery, weight loss products, romance, self help, fad diets
Author of the NYT bestseller FAT TALK and Burnt Toast on @SubstackInc. Don't use DMs here.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Features Assistant, Seventeen Magazine. (After many an unpaid internship!)

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Strictly for vintage street cred. I found a hulking metal typewriter from the 1920s on Etsy and used it as the guest book at our wedding.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Integrity, honesty, perspective.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email. And that's all she wrote.

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

A relatively ancient Macbook Air, iPhone (especially the Voice Recorder app), label maker.

What's your favorite social network?

Instagram and Pinterest for the pretty, Twitter for work.

Why did you become a journalist?

Because I wanted to tell women's stories.
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