How is social media changing news?
Social media is maing news 50x faster, and even putting breaking news in the hands non-journalist laymen who happen to be where news breaks.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent, of course.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be a journalist means to be accurate, truthful, insatiably curious and instinctive.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Google, Lexis/Nexis, iPhone.
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No, I didn't work for my high school newspaper. I did, however, work for three of my university newspapers.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
An investigative ecstacy smuggling expose for KING Magazine.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Join journalism associations and organizations, attend an accredited journalism school and seek quality journalism internships.
What's your favorite drink?
Red Bull... with or without rum.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
At a beach club or sports bar.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Sunday New York Times.
