What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter for a local radio station
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
It means professionals have to be faster, deeper and more authoritative by being prepared.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Will McAvoy
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Finding the news and being the ears and voice of readers
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
condemns kidnapping
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Not sure
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Anyone available, it depends on where I am
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Writers
Why did you become a journalist?
To know more, ask better questions and give readers more information.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, I was a reporter
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
June 12
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be curious and bold
When's the best time to pitch you?
Always
What's the best pitch you ever got?
I don't know
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Not sure
What's your favorite drink?
wine
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
talking to people
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Washington Post, Independent, Il Fatto Quotidiano.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That you are friends or enemies with people
