What was your first job as a journalist?
Fresh out of college I worked a Dow Jones News Fund internship with Alabama Media Group in Mobile, AL.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Will McAvoy from The Newsroom.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be a journalist is to be a public servant -- to keep people informed and hold authorities accountable.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter, because it allows me to connect with people I might never have met otherwise.
Why did you become a journalist?
I became a journalist because I wanted to write, but didn't want to be a starving novelist. No one told me the journalists were starving too!
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
With my nose in a book!