Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
This is my first job
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
How is social media changing news?
too isolated...it hurts if all we do is curate news we want to read, material that agrees with us.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent, Kent Brockman ("The Simpsons"), Howard Beale ("Network"), Stephen Colbert ("The Colbert Report"), Lou Grant, J. Jonah Jameson,
What does it mean to be a journalist?
inform, question, illuminate, expand, and inspire
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
#NotMyPresident (not "funny" so much as important.)
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
anything and everything to do with great films of the past, music, and literature.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
basic Dell desktop and google chrome
What's your favorite social network?
facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
anybody interested in great books, films, and music
Why did you become a journalist?
to inform, educate, and inspire
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
briefly...it wasn't a newspaper, but I wrote a few pieces about J. Robert Oppenheimer and our Literary magazine.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
I like my "King Of Comedy" feature
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be proactive, initiate possible ideas on your own, be productive and careful before submitting final versions.
When's the best time to pitch you?
any time
What's the best pitch you ever got?
yet to come
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
yet to happen
What's your favorite drink?
seltzer water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
reading
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
aldaily.com
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
"pop" culture is unimportant and frivolous
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