What was your first job as a journalist?
Quilette
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
News is social media. This is the change.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Don't have one.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means to write.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Via email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Microsoft
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
JK Rollings, "Oh, she already does."
Why did you become a journalist?
I kept vomiting emotions and thought it would be a good idea to change the form into words.
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?
Forget What Gender Activists Tell You. Here’s What Medical Transition Looks Like
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Open your eyes and get your pencil.
When's the best time to pitch you?
I'll let you know when I get my first one.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Life, if the best pitch.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
My own
What's your favorite drink?
Beer
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In front of my computer ;)
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Twitter
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I'm transphobic, I am trans, just a realistic one that circle's children in protection.
