What was your first job as a journalist?
I started at the very bottom, editing the negatives before they went to press, in the darkroom with red tape and opaque pens
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
April O'Neil
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
I live and breathe by Asana and grammarly
What's your favorite social network?
Tik Tok
Why did you become a journalist?
I love telling stories
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write about topics that engage you. Don't fight against your own attention span and focus. Write where your focus already lies
When's the best time to pitch you?
Right now
What's your favorite drink?
If I can't have RO water, Coffee milk or Narragansett beer
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Deep in the woods crawling up a big rock, in the ocean swimming, on my skoolie traveling
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Jalopnik
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it's just for gearheads. We're telling human stories, they're just about cars.
