What was your first job as a journalist?
Intern content producer
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Instant consumption, dwindling attention spans.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Ron Burgundy
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Truth seeker. Truth teller.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Can't remember.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Face-to-face conversation
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google Analytics
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Dave Chappelle
Why did you become a journalist?
Because of my father. He was also journalist.
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?
The work we did and shift we put in on the day Nelson Mandela died was Herculean.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be a newsroom Swiss army knife
When's the best time to pitch you?
In the morning, after my first cup of coffee.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
News stories targeting high school teens.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Never received a bad pitch.
What's your favorite drink?
Paloma
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Watching football on my couch.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Business Day
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it pays well.
