What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter on a small town newspaper.
How is social media changing news?
Making it less detailed and often less accurate.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
PC, 35mm camera, Skype, Internet
Why did you become a journalist?
To comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, as a reporter.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
There are many; but one which received the most response was called "An Angel's Last Call."
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Get out of journalism.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Far to many good ones to mention
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I never remember the worst pitches, only the best ones.
What's your favorite drink?
Gin & Tonic
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Ocean swimming
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Economist
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That people in different nations, different cultures, different societies are, essentially, much the same. They are not.
