Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Journalism
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes indeed
How is social media changing news?
Social media is challenging journalists to be ethical, factual and professional
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
n/a
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To tell the untold stories as they are.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
n/a
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
n/a
What's your favorite social network?
twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
anyone passionate about development and the environment
Why did you become a journalist?
Could have not asked for a more inspiring career that makes you jump out of bed every day
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
n/a
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
How science is helping save banana farming in Africa
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Focus on your passion and follow it. Accuracy, fairness and an unrelenting quest for the truth are important attributes.
When's the best time to pitch you?
anytime
What's the best pitch you ever got?
n/a
What's your favorite drink?
none
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
lost in a book
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
n/a
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That science is complicated and has no place in our development
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