William Glucroft
May 14, 2020Born in:
Fairfield, CT USA
Languages:
English, German, and Spanish if you infantilize me
Degrees/Journalistic experience:
When I was 16, I went to my local paper and said, “I want to take pictures and report for you.” So, I did. Later, I got an overpriced and underwhelming B.S. in print/multimedia journalism, which was no match for the financial crisis I graduated into. I moved to Berlin, spending a decade finding ways to pay my rent while trying to do the only thing I've ever known how to do: write, ask questions, inform.
With DW since:
2016
Favorite quote:
“Too early for flapjacks?” Phil Connors, Groundhog Day
My personal hero:
Jeff Goldblum
What do I strive to be as a journalist?
Clear, concise and at least as enjoyable to listen to as smooth jazz.
7 random facts about me:
- I once got a baseball stadium of 20,000 people to do the wave.
- Had my grandma ever made good on her promise to teach me Yiddish, I wouldn't have had to learn German from scratch.
- The day Princess Diana died I was in the hospital getting 19 stitches for failing to jump over a bike (it was lying down, c'mon people).
- My original family name is Głuchowicz. My great-grandfather came to the US as a child from Łomza, northeast of Warsaw.
- I played saxophone as a kid and was quite good. Now I can't remember a note. (So much for things sticking with you from childhood.)
- Lacking a better alternative, I once had to direct a clueless driver across the Sinai, in the dark.
- If this anchor thing doesn’t work out, weatherman would be a perfectly acceptable consolation.