What was your first job as a journalist?
na
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes i own an olivetti
How is social media changing news?
liberating and destroying simultaneously
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
evelyn waugh scoop
What does it mean to be a journalist?
not achurnalist a public intellectual
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
no idea or interest
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
no preference but perhaps not i am an alientfrom mars though in the present universe?
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
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What's your favorite social network?
i hate them
Who do you wish followed you?
people get ready
Why did you become a journalist?
am i?
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
no
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
my exoneration of harry gleeson in ireland as a lawyer and an investigator
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
persistence rewards keep the writing style leand
When's the best time to pitch you?
i rise at 5am
What's the best pitch you ever got?
70 years ago my grandfather was executed by the irish state
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
i am a multi million pound failed property speculator and i need justice
What's your favorite drink?
a bottle of claret preferably every evening
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
swiimming pre covid, walking in the hills but most likely of all reading which journalist do not do enough of
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
the books of great journalists
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
d hemingway
