What was your first job as a journalist?
Hartsville Vidette
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
The news cycle is brief, exaggerated and caustic.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
C.S. Lewis
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be a conveyer of impulses.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
As a man with innumerable experiences.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Microsoft, the Web and a good library with biographies and quotes.
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
CNN
Why did you become a journalist?
To communicate passion, promise and persuasion.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
IMPACThought of the Week
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write what interests you, others will follow...
When's the best time to pitch you?
Late afternoon.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
You're a great writer that should be published nationwide!
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
You will never be a successful prison chaplain
What's your favorite drink?
Perrier
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In a library.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Psychology Today
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
It only focuses on a small community in Tennessee.
