What was your first job as a journalist?
Security and Construction beat, Town Crier Newspapers
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
For the worse 🫠
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be dedicated to the public, to truth and to providing the information we need to make the world a better place
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Via email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Word and the Google Suite
Why did you become a journalist?
Out of a love of telling the stories of others
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Follow great journalists, read great journalism and write every day
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime!
What's the best pitch you ever got?
When I was a sports reporter: for a children's library playtime. I didn't initially see the connection, but it was made very effectively!
What's your favorite drink?
Coffee ☕️☕️
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Atlantic
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Probably true of all beats--that the work comes easy. We're not stenographers and so every story requires analysis, depth of research.
