What was your first job as a journalist?
Sports stringer for the Tampa Times
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Manual or electric> Take your pick!
How is social media changing news?
Social media has certainly expedited the dissemination of news and information but has been the single-biggest purveyor of misinformation.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Issac Asimov
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Doing something that I love and that has redeeming value for an audience we serve.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email
What's your favorite social network?
Not sure I really have one.
Who do you wish followed you?
Security nd risk executives, systems integrators for physical security, CSO, CISO
Why did you become a journalist?
Because I couldn't hit a curve ball
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?
Back in my sports editors day it was a feature of a former MLB phenom who had his career cut short by injuries and how he forged a new life.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Shoot for the Washington Post, but don't turn down a start at World Waste magazine
When's the best time to pitch you?
Later in the afternoon on weekdays
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A 98 mph fastball from Preston Hanna in the 1971 Florida State championship game
What's your favorite drink?
An Arnold Palmer
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Out on the deck reading and playing with my dogs, or riding a bike on North Georgia trails
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, Time, Forbes
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That B2B is canned crap and not really journalism
