What was your first job as a journalist?
AOL
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
What does it mean to be a journalist?
A genuine interest in a topic that makes you dig deeper to provide the best information possible
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
By email regarding travel information on new hotels, golf courses/resorts, cruises, culinary/food and drink, art, culture and history tour
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Chromebook, smartphone. grammerly,
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram and Pinterest
Why did you become a journalist?
To write about travel
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Write, take photos
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
An investigative story on Civil Recovery for NOW Magazine, Toronto
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Research! Be constantly on the look out for new publishing opportunities /outlets and news items, discoveries that whet your appetite
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime but travel information only
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Ones with useful information and facts, not empty purple prose
What's your favorite drink?
Wine
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Swimming or riding my bike
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The New Yorker, New York Times, The Maple, Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The Guardian
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it's easy and desirable --not always lol
