What was your first job as a journalist?
A review for a rugby game
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yep. A Lettera 33. Left it in Italy but I'd love to have it still.
How is social media changing news?
Now everybody's a potential journalist, and triangulating a piece of news or a rumor now is simply not done. There's no time for it.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent, actually.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Put truth before anything else. Even before your readers, and your pride or bias.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Using emotional language.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Figjam Boards, Wordpress, Miro, Inoreader, Feedly, Notion, Minimal
What's your favorite social network?
Threads
Who do you wish followed you?
Jacob Geller
Why did you become a journalist?
Wanted to tell stories. Wanted to narrate news through a mature lens that I find lacking in this modern world.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Shamefully, I didn't.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The Death Stranding review
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Defend your opinions, but always leavie space to discuss them.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime. Anyplace.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
The pitch for my current job, actually.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I don't think bad pitches exists.
What's your favorite drink?
Old Fashioned.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
A fool dressed as a dreamer believing he's a fool.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Anything Jason Schreier writes
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That sometimes I do things quickly therefore they're superficially made. Gross misperception.
