What was your first job as a journalist?
Writer at Football.London
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Spreading misinformation and skewed algorithms have meant that people now question the concept of news.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Rupert Psmith
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means to be someone committed to telling true stories with great attention to detail and thorough research
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I have no preference
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Word, google docs, slack, indesign, photoshop
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Salman Rushdie (if he has socials)
Why did you become a journalist?
It is all I have wanted to do
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Our school was not lucky enough to have one of those
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Yann Sommer and Arlo Parks cover interviews for EJ
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Stick at it.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A story on 3D printed shoes and the future of conscious shoe design
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Someone sent me an article of a review they had written on a collection of images and displays centred around vomit...
What's your favorite drink?
Cranberry juice
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In the city
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Monocle & Jacobin
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
I'd say typically people wouldn't assume we work the long hours we do
