Just a salmon swimming against the mainstream.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
5 yeara ago writing articles for an online weed blog.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, it's my primary mode of sending letters.
How is social media changing news?
Bubbles of information silos are feeding into confirmation bias.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Idk
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To listen to those that everyone looks over. To give a voice to the unheard and ignored.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Don't have twitter.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I want to be talked to like a person and to speak honestly with my source.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Phone recorder, cell phone, laptop.
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Matt Taibbi
Why did you become a journalist?
To fight for the truth and put soul back into journalism.
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?
Ferguson
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
None there'should no straight road to get anywhere.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Never got a great pitch.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Writing articles for an online content mill that paid peanuts.
What's your favorite drink?
Coca cola, with coconut rum, a squeeze of an orange and crushed mint
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Jiu jitsu
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Mad magazine or the onion.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That the tone I effect in it is insincere.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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