What was your first job as a journalist?
writing for the Villager, writing columns about parent activiosts rebuilding parks and playgrounds
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
How is social media changing news?
The news cycle moves too quickly so people can't absorb, and too much fake news gets circulated and believed
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Lou Grant
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means learning to guage what's important, what people care about, and then adding to what they know
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
civil rights and labor lawyer and Berniecrat leader
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
desk-top computer, IPhone, Facebook, Linked-In, G-Mail, Word, Chrome
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
everyone
Why did you become a journalist?
To generate support for my point of view
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?
when I blooged from the hospital after suffereing a heart attack and doiscuss the imminent shutdown of the hospital
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep writing and talking
When's the best time to pitch you?
Sundays and Mondays - before my radio program
What's the best pitch you ever got?
an opinionated guy who listens
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I haven't gotten a bad pitch
What's your favorite drink?
Chocolate Milk
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
at my desk writing longhand, watching my dughters doing gymnastics
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
NY Times
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
that its easy
