What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
Is making it easy but also promoting fake news.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Lauren Slocum
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information to the public
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Robert Mugabe appointment may haunt the World Health Organization for years
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Any form is good
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
slack
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
Anyone
Why did you become a journalist?
To tell the real stories about people
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Why are Uganda's schools disappearing?
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
To be determined
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning and evening hours. but am ever available
What's the best pitch you ever got?
To interview business owners around Africa
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
don't remember
What's your favorite drink?
Milk
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In reading books
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Christiane Amanpour
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
political affairs
