What was your first job as a journalist?
As a reporter at Nigeriannews Direct. That's where I am first paid aside my campus press body
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
A lot. Most scoop and insights to news are got there now.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Fisayo Soyombo
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Thoughtfulness and smartness
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
It's welcomed
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
I use Microsoft word to type news. Adobe AfterEffect and Premier with Filmora to edit multimedia contents. Also I use Venngage, Atlas and Datawrapper to visualise data related stories and infograms
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Musikilu Mojeed
Why did you become a journalist?
To correct the wrongs
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I wrote editorials, and gists
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
My recent investigation, the Polyibadan story where I reported daylight academic robbery
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
No rule to rule your passion. All journalists can write, but it's best you add sauces to it. The sauces are what makes you outstanding and demanding.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Early in the morning or late in the high through my mail
What's the best pitch you ever got?
On Illegal mining in solid mineral sector
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
About a particular community which has no light.
What's your favorite drink?
It's a platform where I can know of anyone without phone call to tell their story
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
When on undercover
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Any well prepared and thoughtful storg
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
I haven't got that yet
