How is social media changing news?
We're curating news according people we wish we knew and bots.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To inform and to say what needs to be said.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Via email
What's your favorite social network?
I'm working on one now. Ask me this next year.
Who do you wish followed you?
Barack Obama and George W. Bush
Why did you become a journalist?
1. There's a lack of care where it comes to working in a fair and balanced Black point of view. 2. There's power in the written word.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I did not write for the school paper. However, I scripted and hosted our high school homecoming queen pageant.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
While raising a seed round, a black Chicago PhD startup founder gets hammered by his family and a Silicon Valley VC.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
How can you monetize your content?
When's the best time to pitch you?
It's never a bad time. Just be relevant.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
The worst pitch might be from someone who wasn't direct enough. Way too cordial, perhaps.
What's your favorite drink?
Pineapple and Iced tea, half and half.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Hiking or walking, getting in my steps.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Atlantic
