What was your first job as a journalist?
Music editor at Willamette Week, Portland, OR
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
It already changed news, making it instantaneous
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Always searching...for stories, ideas, sources, the truth
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
iPhone, MacBook, Canon, Otter
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Richard Brautigan
Why did you become a journalist?
Because I care about the world around me and informing the people in it.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, I wrote and edited
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Dale Earnhardt Jr/Ludacris cover story for Complex magazine
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
For better or worse, think of yourself as a brand and writing/reporting/editing as what fuels the brand
When's the best time to pitch you?
mornings
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Come to Oaxaca and learn how mezcal is made on a pulanque
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
best rooftop bars...
What's your favorite drink?
Negroni
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
CityLab
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Depends on the beat
