Director of Audience Strategy @ProPublica. Past @MediaNewsGroup @denverpost. Dad, journalist, runner.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
General Assignment Reporter
Have you ever used a typewriter?
When I was younger!
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Peter Parker
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email at first
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
WordPress, Google Analytics, Crowdtangle, Parse.ly, Chartbeat.
Why did you become a journalist?
I enjoyed writing, and teachers in school encouraged me to pursue it. I followed current events, and I combined both into a career.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
We didn't have one, but I worked for my college newspaper as reporter, photographer, news editor and online editor.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time.
What's your favorite drink?
Old Fashioned
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On a bike, running on trails, skiing down slopes in Colorado
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times
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