What was your first job as a journalist?
Researching for Full Fact
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
How is social media changing news?
Anyone can be a journalist, sort of.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Hunter S Thompson
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Reporting important events with journalistic rigour and sincere accuracy.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Salt Bae
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
A line explaining the essence of the story, by email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Various niche stuff.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Theresa May
Why did you become a journalist?
To try and report on stories that may be overlooked.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I was Opinions Editor at The Link Newspaper at Concordia University, Montreal, CA
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Deportations
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Find original stories.
When's the best time to pitch you?
I'm not an editor!
What's the best pitch you ever got?
I don't get pitched to.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I don't get pitched to.
What's your favorite drink?
Negroni
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Incognito
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
London Review of Books
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Don't have a beat.
