What was your first job as a journalist?
High School Newspaper Photographer.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
How is social media changing news?
News features it, leads in with it, wraps around it and anchors with it.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Kurt Vonnegut
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Responsibility for the truth.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email me details please.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Word, Nikon
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
All artists and creatives, no one else.
Why did you become a journalist?
I love telling the story of what happened with words and photography, eventually photography won the battle with the words.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, I was the photographer.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
I don't write stories. But as a photojournalist I'm most proud of those assignments the put smiles on faces.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Never go outside without your camera.
When's the best time to pitch you?
When the catcher has her mitt on.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Can you come cover the Oscars?
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
How soon can you be on site? We need you in 20. They were 4K miles away.
What's your favorite drink?
Water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
between computers or in the field taking snaps.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
NY Times
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
The we are Paparazzi
