What was your first job as a journalist?
Sports Writer for 12up.com
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Once. It was very satisfying.
How is social media changing news?
Easier to share stories and to hear feedback.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
None.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Being a journalist means having an undying passion for sharing important, interesting and factual evidence of things that we hold value in.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Not a hashtag guy.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Tell me why you're excited about it and why everyone else should be as excited and interested as you.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, TCMS, pad, paper, camera.
What's your favorite social network?
Reddit
Who do you wish followed you?
President Obama
Why did you become a journalist?
I needed to share my passion and enthusiasm for sports bringing people together in a world so divided.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Nope.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Live coverage of Penn Yan boys lacrosse winning its 10th straight and 25th overall sectional title, on home turf for the first time.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Focus on forming your own unique voice so that people can tell its you without your byline. And, anything can be a verb.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime I'm awake or 30 minutes after I've awoken.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A meatball right over the plate that I only got a single out of. Baseball was never my strength, right next to question comprehension.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
A rising fastball that hit my in the shoulder in middle school baseball.
What's your favorite drink?
NA: water. AL: Moosehead Lager
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On some sort of playing surface or on a walk...or in front of a tv or gaming console.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Whalebone Magazine
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Newspapers are irrelevant and dying.
