What was your first job as a journalist?
Still photographer for the Commerce Texas Journal. 1984
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Changing the tempo and focus on what stories are important
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Animal from Lou Grant
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Identifying news of interest, gathering news, presenting news in digestible forms and in ways that reach a varied audience.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
anyway is good. tell me something ineteresting
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Twitter, BrightCove, video editing software, spreadfast, tweetdeck, Video cameras, still cameras, front end CMS
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
Christian Amanpor
Why did you become a journalist?
Couldn't hack commercial photography-- had trouble with Ansel Adams zone system.... cried for a week after 8 failed attempts to set my zone.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No, worked for the yearbook and college paper as a photographer
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
2008 on the Campaign trail
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be flexible
