What was your first job as a journalist?
a real estate writer
Have you ever used a typewriter?
I learned on a typewriter
How is social media changing news?
fragmenting priorities.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
being able to answer odd questions with alacrity and deep intelligence.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email -- just ask
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
a laptop, a printer, my IPhone and my IPad.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
The NY Times and Vanity Fair.
Why did you become a journalist?
It was the only thing i could do well.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
no. GOD. No.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
I am proud of everything I have written. But I do like my 3-D printing stories, and my stories about entrepreneurial inventors.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Dont quit your day job
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime. No. in the afternoon. I am a night writer.
