What was your first job as a journalist?
A story for WiRED magazine on the first Digital Cameras being used for New York Fashion Week
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Social Media is not changing the news. Journalists and the audience are allowing it to change for the worse....
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Arthur C. Clarke
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To tell the truth and look at all sides of the story.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
N/A
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Coffee, Linux, a Pen or Pencil and of course Paper
What's your favorite social network?
Cocktail parties
Who do you wish followed you?
Winston Churchill
Why did you become a journalist?
to satisfy every one of my interests.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No.But College yes, I created a comic strip and quickly learned I am a better at writing than drawing.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
An interview with Errol Morris and also interviewing A. Martinez on working with Roscoe Lee Browne and John Wayne
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Just do it, and start dressing up again. "You can never be overeducated or overdressed" -Oscar Wilde
When's the best time to pitch you?
After 9am and before 4pm
What's the best pitch you ever got?
to visit NASA for 4 days and see a rocket launch.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
The worst has not been pitched yet- but probably sugar free candy
What's your favorite drink?
Single Malt Whisky
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Listening to music, smoking a cigar or meditating
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Morning Brew
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That is is all fun, easy and glamorous Anything great requires hard work
