What was your first job as a journalist?
Sports stories for the Enumclaw Courier-Herald.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
For the worse generally, but by democratizing news, different voices can weigh in with alternate takes and opinions.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Somerset Maugham
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Someone who wants to write accurate stories.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
I don't like hashtags.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
With a photo and a story
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Word, Paint-shop, Grammarly
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
Local historians
Why did you become a journalist?
To see my name in a byline
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Sports Editor, Enumclaw High School Hornet
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Two Little Miners in Elk Coal
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Check your facts and get them right before you write.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Never
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Do you want to write a photo history column for this newspaper?
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Why
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Reading the Wall Street Journal.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Wall Street Journal
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I know every answer.
