What was your first job as a journalist?
I was a radio journalist at the UC Santa Barbara radio station back in 1993.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Lois Lane
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Twitter
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Mainly the power of the Internet to research ideas and statistics about subjects. I use social media channels to promote my posts.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Why did you become a journalist?
I enjoyed telling people information they didn't know before, as well as informing them with data that help them live better lives.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I wrote stories.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Tech-related issues in San Francisco
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Don't quit. Stay with it and keep working hard. There's no such thing as failure, unless you stop.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
The CEO of a major tech company who knew who I was, gave me exclusive stats his team had researched, as well as graphics.
What's your favorite drink?
Coconut water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Meditating, exercising, hanging out with friends.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
vox.com
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I will write about a company because its story might be slightly similar to that of a company I've written about before.
