What was your first job as a journalist?
I hired myself and started a blog, Journeys Fitness.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yep. Grew up using one.
How is social media changing news?
You can get news and insights in nearly real time.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Don't have one.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To ask the hard questions and tell the story sans bias wherever possible.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Via email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
CPU, internet, web cam, CMS software, MS Office
What's your favorite social network?
Facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
Oprah.
Why did you become a journalist?
I have a lot to share and and still a lot to learn. This discipline provides a safe place to do both.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Nah. I was the content instead of the creator in those days.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write about something that interests you EVERY SINGLE DAY.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime is fine as long as your deadline is at least 48 hours out.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
To write a series of articles on home-based businesses for stay-at-home moms.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Some madness on bestiality.
What's your favorite drink?
water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
The gym!
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Very Smart Brothas. Their perspective keeps me informed yet in stitches.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I write fluff pieces. My job is to take the facts and make them palatable which takes nothing away from the meat of the story.
