What was your first job as a journalist?
freelancer
How is social media changing news?
The world was eagerly waiting for an alternative to corporate news.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means you believe in democracy and in the capacity of people to be free in a fair society.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
e-mail
What's your favorite social network?
YouTube
Why did you become a journalist?
Most people is dangerously misinformed by the mainstream media and corporate news.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes i did, we used the walls to post our articles. I collaborated writing articles.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Believe nothing. Find answers to the terrible state of our society and world in your journalism. Little of our society is an accident.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I'm mostly an opinion writer and don't receive many pitches.
What's your favorite drink?
Beer and cold lemonade
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
watching documentaries, walking or cooking food.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
I think Mintpressnews.com is doing a great job these days-
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Propaganda isn't a "Russian" thing, or at least not particularly.
