How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Succinct pitches that highlight the human element of the innovation.
Who do you wish followed you?
President Barack Obama
Why did you become a journalist?
To translate science for the general audience. To make the public an active participant in the processes of scientific discoveries.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Always focus on who is telling the story, and why the public needs to understand the issue.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Reading a medical journal or taking photos.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
NPR and Scientific American