What was your first job as a journalist?
Las Vegas CityLife, an alt weekly that no longer exists.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Peter Parker counts, right?
What does it mean to be a journalist?
In college, they told me it meant finding the truth and reporting it.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Please email me.
What's your favorite social network?
Reddit
Why did you become a journalist?
Writing is the main thing I'm good at. I wanted to use that ability for something that had the potential to make the world a better place.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes. I wrote theater reviews. I won an award from the Sun Sentinel for them. $80! I decided I liked getting paid to write.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
A story for German public radio on opioid addiction in New York. Best quote: "We don't have an opioid crisis. We have a poverty crisis."
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Pay your dues, but not too many.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A singer called Nsolo messaged me on Twitter about an R
What's your favorite drink?
One iced oat milk latte with an extra shot, please.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Touching grass.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Harper's Bazaar
