What was your first job as a journalist?
Fashion assistant at The Times
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes as a child (I am that old)
How is social media changing news?
For the worse
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Carrie from SATC
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Expression, curiosity, fun
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
No idea
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
My entire life is on my Macbook Pro - platforms: all the usual
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram (hurts me to say it)
Who do you wish followed you?
I'm not sure I want those I admire seeing my humdrum pics
Why did you become a journalist?
Because words are my beat
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I was Fashion Editor at the Leeds Student when I was at university
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The work I did after Bear was born
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Read read read - and write as if you're talking
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
The one from my husband, when he was still my boyfriend
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Not going to say
What's your favorite drink?
Gin and tonic
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Running around after my children
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Times
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That my resting grumpy face tells you about my demeanour
