What was your first job as a journalist?
The Tech Factor
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Probably can count on fingertips the number of times
How is social media changing news?
Both from discovery and distribution paradigms, as well as proliferation of unsubstantiated news, leading to fake news.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Bringing stories that matter to light, and helping spread enthusiasm on entrepreneurship to more
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Can't think of any
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Please let me know why readers interested in startups
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Word, Notion, Crunchbase, Tracxn, Wordpress
What's your favorite social network?
Linkedin
Who do you wish followed you?
Fred Wilson of USV/AVC
Why did you become a journalist?
To bring more entrepreneurs' stories to the world, as the beat is dominated by funding news primarily now
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Contributing writer
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Decoding the past decade of growth of VC funding in Canada
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Just go for it, keeping structure
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime on email
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A great recent one: Person found an expert column on AI we publish, took the time to grasp the flavour, and pitched a new article for it.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Non-startup/tech topic with no new development, innovation or analysis
What's your favorite drink?
Masala tea
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Meetings
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Techcrunch
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Funding news is the only relevant
