Veteran wire correspondent from Zimbabwe. Keen golfer, avid bird watcher. Views expressed are very much my own.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Cub reporter at the Bulawayo Chronicle
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Oh yes ...
How is social media changing news?
So much fake news and false information
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Tintin
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Responsibilty
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Briefly and concisely
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Laptop, cellphone, iPad, various proprietory software and social media
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Obama
Why did you become a journalist?
Always fascinated by news
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No newspaper
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Any story that help alieve human suffering at time of war or natural disaster
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Don't "study" journalism, instead learn something that will enhance your journalism such as another language, business, economics...
When's the best time to pitch you?
After I have broken par
What's the best pitch you ever got?
"I've been offered a place on a flight to the South Pole for the millennium, want a story?"
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
"Kim Kardashian has tweeted about Afghanistan ... should we do a story?"
What's your favorite drink?
Beer
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Playing golf
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Economist, The New Yorker
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That anyone can do it
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