What was your first job as a journalist?
Automation.com
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, not in years.
How is social media changing news?
Speed
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Ray Bradbury
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Providing readers with quality information they can use to solve problems, improve manufacturing efficiency, and business profits.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Not sure
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email a summary to wlydon@automation.com
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Word, Internet, Digital Recorder, Camera
What's your favorite social network?
LinkedIn
Who do you wish followed you?
Manufacturing executives, plant managers, and automation engineers.
Why did you become a journalist?
Love earning about technology to improve manufacturing and energy efficiency and communicating it people that can use it.
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?
Automation trends.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Know your readers and subject matter.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime with an email.
