What was your first job as a journalist?
High school sports reporter
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes (but mostly a word processor)
How is social media changing news?
Bifurcating news has contributed to the political divide
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Tenacious, unabashed to call anyone in your or a friend's network for a lead
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Web-based editorial platform, Adobe InCopy and Quark previously
What's your favorite social network?
Reddit
Who do you wish followed you?
Elon Musk
Why did you become a journalist?
To gain professional expertise of a subject matter through the written word
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Arts & music editor
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
sPower
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
You can never have too wide a rolodex of industry sources
When's the best time to pitch you?
Early morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Any pitch involving a company soon to be in the market for an equity raise or sale
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Saving the whales (at a corporate finance newswire)
What's your favorite drink?
Cold brew
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Concert or music festival
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Relix
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
We don't know everything pertaining to industry or trade fundamentals
