What was your first job as a journalist?
Owning my own magazine, serving as editor in chief
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
How is social media changing news?
Creating the craving for the immediacy of information, verified or synthesized or not.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Integrity, commitment to the truth
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google, MacBook, Olympus DS-50, Pilot G2 pen, Field Notes notebooks, thesaurus, dictionary, AP Stylebook, my ears, my brain.
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
My shadow
Why did you become a journalist?
Passion for writing coupled with passion for the truth.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes. Editorials and music reviews.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Behind the Bins.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Find alternative routes to get the story.
When's the best time to pitch you?
AnytimeIt started out so innocuous yet turned out I fell down a rabbit hole. And I have only reported a fraction of the story.
