CEO/editor @inewsource. ONA's Women's Leadership Accelerator '23. Past: Senior editor, politics & SC government @TheState @McClatchy.
Interview
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Why did you become a journalist?
I wanted to write about things having an immediate impact on regular people.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Listen to people and know your audience. Use FOIA and learn how to analyze data. Learn to shoot video, write fast and post online quickly.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime via jself@thestate.com; Mornings by phone.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Spending time with my family, wherever we happen to be.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The New York Times
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Haha! That it's only one beat. However, most onlookers, especially journalists, understand this is reality.
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