What was your first job as a journalist?
Staff writer and co-founder of The Sequitur.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
None. I prefer my journalists as real human beings.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Direct and to the point explanation of expectations and ideas.
What's your favorite social network?
None, but Twitter is the best for journalism right now.
Who do you wish followed you?
Any legitimate journalist or scientist.
Why did you become a journalist?
Because I love to write and share my experiences.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Any of my narrative prose baseball articles.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Never stop writing about what you enjoy writing about.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A job as managing editor for a website covering my alma mater.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
To write without compensation for a fantasy baseball website.
What's your favorite drink?
Clean water.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That the beat writer knows all the answers.
