What was your first job as a journalist?
A cultural reporter in Vancouver.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Nope
How is social media changing news?
Badly
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Charles Foster Kane
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To relay words, sometimes that of others and sometimes your own.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email, of course.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google Docs
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Someone from Newfoundland I've never met .
Why did you become a journalist?
I liked it more than studying law
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 next one usually.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Read the news, as much as you can.
When's the best time to pitch you?
When I'm not asleep, the best of the best times is in the morning.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
I'll wait a few years before answering this.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I'm waiting for it
What's your favorite drink?
Straropramen Beer
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
My phone reading the latest news.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Jacobin, I like the layout of their website.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
I'd have to know what it is first.
