What was your first job as a journalist?
Intern CBS News Sunday Morning with Missie Rennie and Charles Kuralt
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
How is social media changing news?
I've been changing it since 2009
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Cookie Monster
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means to produce high quality content in an intelligent manner
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
na
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Many
What's your favorite social network?
X
Who do you wish followed you?
I'm grateful for all of our followers
Why did you become a journalist?
To improve the world around me
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I worked with it, not for it. I was national news editor for politics.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
All
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Education matters
When's the best time to pitch you?
na
What's the best pitch you ever got?
None. I come up with the best ideas.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
How long do you have
What's your favorite drink?
The Peachy Deegan
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Working on a story
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
None I know of
