What was your first job as a journalist?
Working nights during high school taking scores of high school games over the phone for a small daily newspaper.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
By email. Spare the hype -- and the exclamation points. Pitch me a story you're not pitching the rest of the universe.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Evernote is indispensible.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The New Yorker.