What was your first job as a journalist?
Understanding people.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
When treasure hunting.
How is social media changing news?
Making consensus hard to find..
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Hopen Prayer
What does it mean to be a journalist?
The power to create change using words.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
With clever conviction.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Windows & word.
What's your favorite social network?
Linkedin
Who do you wish followed you?
People who care.
Why did you become a journalist?
To make a difference.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Awesome work.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Giving a voice to the voiceless.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write.
When's the best time to pitch you?
When I'm up.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Down the middle.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
The one never made.
What's your favorite drink?
Water.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Another computer.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
New York Times
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
No idea.
