Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
This one
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes, I'm old
How is social media changing news?
Ammoland gets 2 million unique reads a month, CNN less than 1 million. Social media is replacing old media.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Niven, Hemingway
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Education, and respect for others views. We are a nation of diverse viewpoints and histories bound together by a common constitution.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
#free the bound variable
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email, well some background and an idea of why the story matters
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
word, and grammerly
What's your favorite social network?
I don't have one. FB censors conservatives, and Twitter is just an echo chamber. The comments sections are articles is the best though.
Who do you wish followed you?
everyone
Why did you become a journalist?
To have the truth spread more widely.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Nope
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
the one on gun control increasing gun sales
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write what you feel, but also be introspective and honest.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime
What's the best pitch you ever got?
To review a Les Baers firearm
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
TO report on BLM
What's your favorite drink?
single malt highland scotch
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
the gun range
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
WSJ,
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That the numbers lie, while uncomfortable the facts are the facts.
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