What was your first job as a journalist?
A campus magazine called GeneX
How is social media changing news?
A lot. it is a minefield for information gathering. It is helping me to gauge the pulse of the public
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
None that I know of
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Honour, prestige. Being looked up to as the primary source of credible information
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Mostly Crowdtangle
Who do you wish followed you?
Billionaires around the globe. I cover them quite a lot
Why did you become a journalist?
I love information sharing. I was exposed to journalism while I hawked newspapers on streets of Lagos, Nigeria to raise funds for education
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Nope
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be factual. Learn to decipher fact from fiction. Shoot for credibility
When's the best time to pitch you?
Early in the morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
When I was asked to enter for a PwC award
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
None yet
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Reading with my kids
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
CNBC, CNN, BBC, Bloomberg, etc
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That we cook up figures and try to misrepresent government companies
