What was your first job as a journalist?
Writing investment newsletters at a financial publisher in Baltimore, Maryland (USA)
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Not really
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be honest and courageous in gathering, analysing, reporting and interpreting information that is accurate and fair.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Via email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Voice recorders, word processors, spreadsheets
Why did you become a journalist?
Because I'm a news junkie who loves to write.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No, my high school had no newspaper
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
What Chinese firms are doing in Africa (Published in the Economist)
What's your favorite drink?
Water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
With family, watching news, exercising...
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Many, but the Wall Street Journal will be near the top.
