What was your first job as a journalist?
News Assistant at The Greenville Journal
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
"Breaking news" means less and less since anyone can share news
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Why did you become a journalist?
To work in the CIA . . . I quickly abandoned that silly notion to find and tell stories that would provide value to my readers and sources.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Highlighting the difficulties women chefs encounter in commercial kitchens
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Stay voraciously curious about and delighted with the world around you
When's the best time to pitch you?
Early a.m. or late evening
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
No comment
What's your favorite drink?
Old Fashioned
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
My kitchen or someone else's kitchen
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Whetstone
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it's all fun and no work
