What was your first job as a journalist?
Fairleigh Dickinson
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, I began on an Olivetti Portable typewritter Model 44
How is social media changing news?
It gives power to the people, however it also provides new avenues of fraud previously unexperienced through yellow journaism
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent of the Daily Planet
What does it mean to be a journalist?
A professional choice to provide the truth in coverage and analysis of the facts, figures, statistics with the highest probability of success
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Personal Experiences, Med-Legal Journal Reviews and Word of Mouth backed up by Muck Rack, Epoch Times, TedMed, State and County Records
What's your favorite social network?
Live People
Who do you wish followed you?
My Family
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
High School, College and Professional School. They taught me the basics of reporting the truth and the facts no matter what.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Administrative Fraud Perpetuated Against Student Body
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Endure, Perserver and Overcome. Simply Never Give Up and always maintain your journalistic integrity
What's the best pitch you ever got?
"Prove me wrong and I'll sleep with you!" got my attention. Result was I never slept with her but instead found a faudulent administrator
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
It was "If you want to graduate, you'll think twice about your article" The administrator was let-go because of leaked financial information
What's your favorite drink?
An Arnold Palmer/ Ice Tea mixed with Lemonade , I am a teetotaler
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On the phone
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
FT of London (The Pink Paper)
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
We (journalists) are only into for the money or to cause someone harm because of a previous complaint against a journalist
