Have you ever used a typewriter?
No – would love to someday, though.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Through a succinct email, please.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
LinkedIn, Twitter, Zoho, Google Analytics, Trends, and WordPress/Drupal.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
My high school didn't publish one, I'm afraid! Contributed loads of articles to a quarterly at college and edited it for one semester too.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Adopt digital news-gathering and storytelling skills so you're not irrelevant before you've even begun your career.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Between 9am and 3pm Dubai time.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I was offered an interview with the CEO of a watchmaker – while I was editor of Construction Week!
What's your favorite drink?
Water!
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek, and longreads.com.
