What was your first job as a journalist?
Come take photographs at public events with 100,000 people showing up.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes. 154 wpm fastest. 60 wpm average.
How is social media changing news?
More opportunities and better photography credits are standardized.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Peter Parker
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Reporting facts and realism without photoshopping.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Short to long descriptions.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
IOS devices and apps.
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
Photo Journalists and my friends.
Why did you become a journalist?
I love photography and social justice.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I photographed and wrote copy edit for events on college campus year-round and on-call 24/7.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Capture millions of photographs and experiences
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning to noon.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Investigate Amazon Warehouse.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Please come and take 5000 photographs at the Los Angeles Marathon.
What's your favorite drink?
Quad-Shots Mocha
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Playstation 5 video games
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
LA Times, NPR, CNN
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
I don't get fan letters.
