What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
It has made everyone a reporter
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
None. I hate fiction
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be a story teller
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
This is the third time you asked. I have not changed my mind.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
WhatsApp
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Wordpress, AA Traffic, Analytics
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Nobody
Why did you become a journalist?
2016
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?
Dying in Zimbabwe's Biggest Hospital - a documentary about a high school boy with cancer of the eye
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Carry your camera and sound recorder anywhere and everywhere. Stories have a way of sniffing you out when you have kit.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Drug dealing pitch
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Forex Trading
What's your favorite drink?
Beer
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On my phone
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Athletic
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
I agree with the people I write about
