What was your first job as a journalist?
Investigative reporter with syndicated columnist/muckraker Jack Anderson in DC as part of internship program after graduating from BU
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Um, yes
How is social media changing news?
Breaking news is as quick as a tweet
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Hard-working, news junkie, good writer, good listener.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
By email please
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
laptop
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Jon Stewart
Why did you become a journalist?
All the President's Men
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
no, we didn't have one
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The Boston Globe piece I wrote about my great-grandfather, Cornelius Daily, MLB player, whose baseball card is in Metropolitan Museum of Art
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Just do it
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime
What's your favorite drink?
coffee
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
running or reading the paper at starbucks or at one of my son's baseball games
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
New York Times
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Paid well, ha!
