What was your first job as a journalist?
Paper Boy.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
It's provides content with no perspective. It enables great journalists to be lazy and lazy journalists to be great.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Every one who covers Washington politics.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It's been my life's work since I was a paper boy back in 1978. It's all I've ever wanted to do.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
- I first used it in January of 2016 - way ahead of the curve
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email me facts.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
None that work well enough not to aggravate me.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter/X (Please Forgive Me)
Who do you wish followed you?
Tom Brady. (We need to talk)
Why did you become a journalist?
It's all I've ever wanted to do.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, editor.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Denver Post Columbine Coverage
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be different. Break News. Provide something others are not.
When's the best time to pitch you?
My various email and social feeds never sleep. Don't call me before 9 am or after 10 pm.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
The one Keith Foulke threw to Edgar Renteria to end Game 4 of the 2004 World Series.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
The one Bob Stanley threw to Mookie Wilson to end Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
What's your favorite drink?
Diet Coke.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Exercising and eating. A vicious cycle, I know.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Follow stories, not publications.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That Sports Journalists aren't true journalists. The opposite is true. There is finality and fact in sports you get nowhere else.
