Have you ever used a typewriter?
Oh yes.
How is social media changing news?
In more ways than I can enumerate here.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Not sure.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
I love telling stories and human competition.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Dell desktop and laptop, basic word-processing software, XP-PEN graphics pad, Adobe Photoshop and Premier Elements (video).
Who do you wish followed you?
Doesn't matter to me.
Why did you become a journalist?
As I said in a previous answer, I love telling stories about human competition, turning raw material into a finished story.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, sports editor.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Story on a 10-year-old youth hockey player who beat a neuroblastoma.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Read, read, read (for knowledge). Write, write, write (for reps). Network your behind off (for jobs).
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
A story on a local youth football team that had been invited to play at Disney World. I was pItched on the story to help the team raise mone.
What's your favorite drink?
Limeade
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
I don't have favorite publications, I have favorite writers.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
It's all fun and games.
