What was your first job as a journalist?
News editor at Yahoo.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yeah! As a kid
How is social media changing news?
Uf, tough one. Many ways. Long list to name them here but mainly its circulation, its biases and fact checking routines.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
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What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be curious
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
News Editor
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google Suit, OpenOffice, Notion, DeepL, Slack, Telegram, Trello, Adobe Reader, OCR tools
What's your favorite social network?
Reddit
Who do you wish followed you?
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Why did you become a journalist?
I'm very curious
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
We didn't have one, so sad
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Stay hungry
When's the best time to pitch you?
Mornings
What's the best pitch you ever got?
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What's the worst pitch you ever got?
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What's your favorite drink?
Wine. Red.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Walking my dog, hiking, bicycling, eating outside
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
NYT
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Tech = just gadgets
