What was your first job as a journalist?
free-lance column: New York Tiimes
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
How is social media changing news?
plusses and minuses--less verified information, more anger, but easier to find quality journalism from around the world
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
n
What does it mean to be a journalist?
n
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
n
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
researcher at Hofstra University, expert on women in Catholicism, especially women deacons
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
n
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
n
Why did you become a journalist?
n
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
yes, editor
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
women in Catholicism
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
read everything
When's the best time to pitch you?
9-4 New York time zone
What's the best pitch you ever got?
n
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
.n
What's your favorite drink?
n
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
library
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Not just one: America, The Tablet, Commonweal, New York Times
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
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