What was your first job as a journalist?
x
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
How is social media changing news?
x
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
x
What does it mean to be a journalist?
learning and communicating what you learn
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
x
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
x
What's your favorite social network?
twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
x
Why did you become a journalist?
to learn and communicate about interesting things relevant to the public interest
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No. Played sports or would have quit.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Hard to say after 2000+ stories, most recently how India is going all in on green energy
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
be persistent, no such thing as a dumb question
When's the best time to pitch you?
morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
x
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
x
What's your favorite drink?
coffee
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
running in the woods
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Economist, Washington Post, Guardian
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
it's a narrow speciality when in fact touches on everything
