What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter, Westfield Evening News, Westfield, Ma. circa 1987
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Heck yeah. Rotary telephones too.
How is social media changing news?
Things happen exponentially faster than they did before, and while everyone claims to know what they are talking about, few still do.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Kolchak in "The Night Stalker" TV series. Played to perfection by the late Darren McGavin
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To me it means everything, because I either don't know or don't care to do anything else.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
E-mail
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
pc, android, Nikon camera, laptop, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google Drive, Google maps, spreadsheets, digital voice recorder, pen, paper.
What's your favorite social network?
I'm addicted to Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
The eccentric yet benevolent billionaire Bruce Wayne.
Why did you become a journalist?
For the same reason many of my age group did, because of Watergate. Or more specifically because of "All the President's Men."
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
My high school was not big enough to have a newspaper. I was editor once upon a time of my college paper
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Of all the career paths in this world, you have aspirations in this one?
