What was your first job as a journalist?
Filter Magazine, my first love.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No?
How is social media changing news?
It's making information more accessible, while allowing news consumers to interact with the content and posit their thoughts in a meaningful way.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To provide fact-based, compelling stories that amplify underheard voices.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter!
Who do you wish followed you?
Mariame Kaba
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The piece I did for Filter on drugs and harm reduction in prisons.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Cultivate your relationships with other writers, editors, podcasters, and advocates in your particular field of interest as a writer.
What's your favorite drink?
Diet coke ❤
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Reading history, theology or philosophy; or snacking and watching Netflix.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That prison and crime related stories are to maintain the status quo.
