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Interview

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yeah a long, long, long time ago.

How is social media changing news?

Bypassing vertically integrated conglomerate junk and activism!

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Sid Hudgens

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Never stop worrying

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Adobe

What's your favorite social network?

Instagram lately...

Who do you wish followed you?

Rachel Maddow.

Why did you become a journalist?

Didn't. Teach it and Supervise College Publication.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Nope.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

The one that comes next.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Never be scared to approach anyone; unless, they are a pit bull owner.

When's the best time to pitch you?

at night; late.

What's the best pitch you ever got?

Rex Tillerson and his lack of press coverage on his Asian trip in March

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

A popsicle stick factory meltdown

What's your favorite drink?

Coffee. Black. Like a psychopath.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

At home with my wife, son or working on some renovation project I am woefully behind on

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

bigfootevidence.blogspot.com and Yahoo for my hard news.

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