What was your first job as a journalist?
A proof reader at a commodities newspaper called Consensus. I could tell you the price of winter wheat, pork bellies, orange juice futures...
Have you ever used a typewriter?
A long time ago
How is social media changing news?
Social media is becoming the outlet for news and moving away from being a link to news sources.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email email email
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter, hands down.
Why did you become a journalist?
Because I love to write and because it turns out, I was pretty good at it.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I did. I covered sports.
When's the best time to pitch you?
My dad's floating curve ball; I could hit it everytime.
What's your favorite drink?
whiskey on the rocks with a splash of water
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
New York Times; The Economist; Sports Illustrated
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That people think I know what is going on with residential real estate. I really don't follow housing.
