What was your first job as a journalist?
A trainee position in the music section of the Columbia Daily Spectator
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No, I was born in 1998.
How is social media changing news?
Social media quickens the rate of news dissemination at the expense of truly engaging the reader's attention
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be a journalist is to turn your subjective world objective and, from that enhanced platform, isolate and magnify issues of importance.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google documents is my go-to at all times.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
As an aspiring journalist, I do not feel qualified to answer this.
What's your favorite drink?
Non-alcoholic: ginger beer. Alcoholic: Basil Hayden's whiskey
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Listening to music in my room
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Highlighting the achievements of musicians and holding them up to a critical lens is not necessarily the same thing as being PR for musician.
