What was your first job as a journalist?
Editor, workpermit.com
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
How is social media changing news?
Making it easier to stay updated and enabling people to make their own comments about news.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be able to promote your views and ideas internationally. The ability to expose corruption and dishonesty.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Send a brief email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Chrome, Word, DrumUp, Hootsuite
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Elon Musk
Why did you become a journalist?
By accident. Needed to edit reports on website.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Exposing dodgy practices at the OISC.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
If possible try and be accurate. Good English helps.
When's the best time to pitch you?
6pm to 9pm.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Don't really receive good ones.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Most of them.
What's your favorite drink?
Gin and Tonic
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
At home.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Independent, Guardian, New York Times, Daily Mail
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Our importance and influence is perhaps not fully appreciated.
