What was your first job as a journalist?
Features writing for Screen Rant and blogging for myself for several years.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
I wish!
How is social media changing news?
Everyone has an opinion. For better or worse.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Lois Lane as written by Kate Beaton.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
The chance to explore the world through a new lens, to provide insight & empathy & clarity.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Any time Piers Morgan is ripped into.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Via email or Twitter.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Just my laptop, Microsoft Word and my brain.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter all the way, even though it's kind of a cesspool.
Who do you wish followed you?
Lainey Gossip, Graydon Carter, Janet Mock, Margaret Atwood,
Why did you become a journalist?
I love to write and I've had a passion for pop culture and film for as long as I can remember.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I was on the yearbook committee but it wasn't exactly a formative experience.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Any of my celebrity analyses for Pajiba, but especially the pieces on Brie Larson & Jessica Biel.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write all the damn time and remember that your thoughts are your own.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time I'm online but preferably evenings.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
"Want to write for us?"
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I'm seldom pitched to so I've no real horror stories.
What's your favorite drink?
Margaritas or Diet Irn Bru.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Reading a book on the couch, in a bar drinking margaritas, at the cinema or museums.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Smart Bitches Trashy Books, Lainey Gossip, Go Fug Yourself, Vanity Fair, RogerEbert.com, SyFy.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That writing about celebrities is worthless.
