Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes - I own one
How is social media changing news?
It has totally sped up the pace of the news cycle, and revolutionised how we gather information, process it and get feedback
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
There aren't a lot of positive fictional representations of journalists, but I love Evelyn Waugh's Scoop, so maybe William Boot
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
PhotoShop, ChartBeat, WordPress, TweetDeck and loads more with two words rammed together I can't remember
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter, though I'm slowly coming round to Instagram
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I wrote about sport, mainly cricket. I'm not sure it was very good
When's the best time to pitch you?
Probably early in the morning
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Any of them where they get your name wrong in the email. Wildly infuriating
What's your favorite drink?
A double espresso or a Lagavulin
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On my bicycle, in the pub or in my garden
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Economist
