What was your first job as a journalist?
Birmingham post
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Making it more specific
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Fun
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
In person
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Microsoft office
What's your favorite social network?
Youtube
Who do you wish followed you?
Everyone
Why did you become a journalist?
For fun
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?
All of them
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep trying
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Cannes
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
A thriller in Cannes
What's your favorite drink?
Lager
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Operating
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Ft
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That I get paid for it
