What was your first job as a journalist?
Stringer -- UPI, Amherst, Mass.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Front-row seat at history unfolding.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
(if I do say so myself).
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Generally email, since I'm on the road a lot and my cellphone doesn't ring in Guantanamo.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter. I use it to report the news, bulletin style, a bite at a time.
Who do you wish followed you?
LeBron. is 6-foot-8 and has 7 million followers. I'm up for a Shorty Award, and have 7 hundred followers. We both travel for work, could DM from the road.