What was your first job as a journalist?
TV news anchor
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Making people lazy.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Indepedent-minded and critical-thinking.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
By email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Basic MS Office pack
What's your favorite social network?
None of them
Who do you wish followed you?
I don't look for followers
Why did you become a journalist?
To shake things up :)
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes. Editor in Chief.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Every week I try to hit it out of the park by shedding light on some dark corner of the globe with my weekly syndicated column.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Don't take my advice, or anyone else's.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime via email. That's the beauty of email.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Probably didn't read it because it ended up in a pile on a fax machine.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Probably didn't read it because it ended up in a pile on a fax machine.
What's your favorite drink?
Water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Swimming
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Le Canard Enchaine.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That women aren't interested in geopolitics
