Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes. And I still have my portable Royal. I hauled at 20 lbs of it around Cambodia 30 years ago.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
With a succinct, timely, thorough and to-the-point email.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
I will attract the followers I deserve.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes! Everything -- which is good training for a journalist. Our knowledge and skills are shallow but wide.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Read good reporting and writing, ask questions, be curious, question authority. And have fun.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Via email, anytime.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
If I'm at work -- at a school, on my phone, talking to parents or kids or teachers.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and any food section
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
People want us to write about events like a ribbon-cutting for a new gym. As a regional paper with shrunken resources, we can't do that.
