What was your first job as a journalist?
Cameraman, at 20, Video Valle Producciones, Cali, Colombia
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Democratization
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
A vocation
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
(Colombia)
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Slowly
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
word, google, phone, radio, tv, whatsapp...
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Buda
Why did you become a journalist?
Search of the truth
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Editor
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
"HIV dont exist", diario La Republica, 1996
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Check the data, over and over
When's the best time to pitch you?
Now
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Birth of my children, all five
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Oh, disease and surgery
What's your favorite drink?
Lemonade
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Agriculture and dogs care
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The New Yorker
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
To much issues to handle
