Jessica Williams on Muck Rack

Jessica Williams

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New Orleans
As seen in: The Acadiana Advocate, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, USA Today, HuffPost UK, Tampa Bay Times, MassLive, The Republican (Springfield, MA), Her Campus, Inside Business, Syracuse.com, The Post-Standard, Sun Herald and
Covers:  non-profits, accountability, schools, charter school governance, education policy, k-12, education funding, early childhood, public ed
Metro editor @nolanews. Send tips, fanmail, gripes to jwilliams@theadvocate.com.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Interning at a local television station

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

By providing real-time news updates and information

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Anchorman

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email

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

Excel, Document Cloud, Photoshop

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Section editor of college newspaper and editor in chief of college magazine

When's the best time to pitch you?

Not at night
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