What was your first job as a journalist?
ABA Press (Student Lawyer magazine)
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, but only an electric.
How is social media changing news?
It is the only place to find news.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To report news honestly and thoroughly, doing your best to be balanced.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I am not really working as a journalist any more. So I guess the answer would be, with a dump truck full of money.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Nothing special. I have a late-model iPhone and a million computers.
Who do you wish followed you?
Pretty sure everyone already follows me.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I was the editor. It was a terrible paper.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be very, very physically attractive.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Before 1990.
What's your favorite drink?
I drink a lot of Coca-Cola. Do you mean alcoholic drink, though?
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
I am always at a computer.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
I don't really read any periodicals regularly any more.
