What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter in a local TV station in Venezuela.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
Audiences have changed the way they are consuming news. We have to adapt content to different types of social media.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Don t have one.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means to have the responsibility to create truth and verified content that will either inform or entertain an audience.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Don t have any
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
By email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Digital metrics tools, TV ratings tools
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Key sports figures
Why did you become a journalist?
I love communications and I realized that being a journalist I could be the link between people to tell their stories.
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?
End of year recap of most important stories for Cafe show
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Do not base your reports based on rumors. Be objective as much as you can and fulfill the responsibility you have to tell truth stories.
When's the best time to pitch you?
During the morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Best pitch related to human stories that have changed lives of people.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Political press conferences to say nothing.
What's your favorite drink?
Water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Soccer or baseball fields with my sons
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
BBC News, New York Times
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That we are told what to say or what not to.
