What was your first job as a journalist?
Sports reporter
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
By giving everyone access to be a journalist
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Kent Brockman
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To inform society
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Through email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Otter.ai and Grammarly
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
John Cena
Why did you become a journalist?
To tell people's stories
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?
Zinus Mattress Story
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep working and write as much as you can
When's the best time to pitch you?
Whenever
What's the best pitch you ever got?
The zinus matress story
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
A 4,000 word email on guns
What's your favorite drink?
Root beer
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
I'm always at a computer
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
WSJ, ESPN, The Athletic
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I have one
