Yaeesh Collins
Verified
(He/Him)
As seen in:
Independent Online,
MSN South Africa,
Business Report,
POST (South Africa),
Cape Argus,
IOL Entertainment,
IOL Motoring,
Weekend Argus,
The Star (South Africa),
Pretoria News,
Sunday Tribune
Covers:
Reporting on the latest in Arts & Entertainment, Opinion & Editorial, Sports, Technology, Mental Health, and Wilderness nationally and globally suited topics for IOL.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
IOL
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No.
How is social media changing news?
Or is it degenerative and going back culturally?
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
I dont read.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
A responsibility, a passion and purpose to tell all kind's of stories.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Anyway, send them. Pitch as much as you can.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Well versed around Adobe, Google Workspace
What's your favorite social network?
When I get a new phone Ill be a lot more active, however reddit.
Who do you wish followed you?
Lol
Why did you become a journalist?
To give a voice
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
For University, Head Images Editor
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Homeless World Cup
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep writing.
When's the best time to pitch you?
around 10?
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Ive done some good ones.
What's your favorite drink?
Vanilla milkshake
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Not knowing where I am
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
More old school publication reader, before trends. Now, hard to tell.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
There cant be one if my beat is my writing?
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.