Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes. I had one I loved to mess around with as a child.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
A personalized email :)
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google Drive, Notes app, Camera app, Google Maps...
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Cheryl Strayed
Why did you become a journalist?
It happened by accident...
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I was the editor of the yearbook but not the newspaper (I don't think we had one).
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
This one about Yassin's Falafel House in Knoxville, Tennessee. Yassin is so incredibly inspiring and it was an honor getting to tell his sto
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Stay curious.
When's the best time to pitch you?
The time of day doesn't matter but I do appreciate a few months heads up.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
The worst is yet to come... ;)
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Responding to something else on my phone. ;)
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
I bounce around.
