What was your first job as a journalist?
Too long ago to recall
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Oh good lord yes, I was the only boy in "typing class" at high school, and learned to "type" on my mothers old clunker
How is social media changing news?
That's future tense, it's actually past tense, social media destroyed news and we are unlikely to ever "repair it"
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
I don't have one, but if I did, it would have been a character from Guardians of the Galaxy of late..
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Words have power and meaning.. it behoves us each and all to wield such capacity with wisdom and honour
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I have no preference, I like to be surprised
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Whatever suits the purpose, I am not hung up on tools or software in any particular form, these things change constantly with time
What's your favorite social network?
None, I currently treat social networks as "channels", they come and go over time, from IRC to Yahoo, MySpace and AOL, now LI / TW / IG et al
Who do you wish followed you?
I don't wish for anyone to follow me, despite my lifetime efforts to be a leader, all should in life "find their own path"
Why did you become a journalist?
I am not a journalist, I am a creator of outcomes
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
yes.. and that was far far too long ago to recall.. it was published on a mimeograph !
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Use of AR/VR on hospice care
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Just start, don't worry about what or why, just write, start writing, create mental "muscle memory" by writing and writing often
When's the best time to pitch you?
There is no bad time
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Each have their own merits, I make every effort to avoid bias and opinion of past and keep an open mind of what may come next
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I don't waste brain cells with such things, there are so many who has time to dally with "what was worst"
What's your favorite drink?
Lemon Lime & Bitters
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Living life to the full with camera rig in one hand and map in the other and eyes on the horizon
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Stories And Prose Poems of Alexander Solzhenitsyn
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Open the pod bay doors HAL
