What was your first job as a journalist?
WSSD Radio, newscaster
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
not for the better. too many people are relying on social media for their news which is not good because of the false news floating out there
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
NONE
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be able to help people in need, pass laws as I have done, and write stories for the voiceless.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
don't remember
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
interviews
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Computer
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
Those people who seek positive change in this toxic society.
Why did you become a journalist?
to report on news other news outlets shied away from and to be the voice to the voiceless.
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?
An exclusive I did with Mayor Harold Washington
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
To become an avid reader
When's the best time to pitch you?
at night
What's the best pitch you ever got?
To write a story about the CTA cutting a slew of bus lines in the Black community.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
To write a story about a woman who thinks she is everybody's favorite millennial.
What's your favorite drink?
Tea
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Out in the street conducting interviews or at church.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Time
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it is glamorous
