What was your first job as a journalist?
Soccer reporter for Red Dragon Radio in Cardiff, Wales.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
How is social media changing news?
More responsive. News breaking all the time.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Don't know one.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Journalists are here to allow people to make decisions based on truth. We are here to filter through the noise and tell stories.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Can't think of one.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Tweetdeck, Adobe audition, Linkedin, Soundcloud.
What's your favorite social network?
Linkedin
Who do you wish followed you?
No-one. My twitter is such a smorgasbord of subjects I would advise NOT following! :)
Why did you become a journalist?
To share stories not heard before.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No. We didn't have one! I did local hospital radio instead.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep EVERYTHING you create (early stories, reports). Nothing proves you want this job more than showing you are doing it whilst studying.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Daytime UK.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
One that told me what the story was an invited me to learn more - giving me direct access to people in the story.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Ones that are clearly out of my subject zone, where I am on some mailing list I didn't subscribe to.
What's your favorite drink?
Irn Bru!
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On my mobile travelling to an event.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Financial Times.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
We get to go to lots of games for free and sit in exec boxes all the time.
