What was your first job as a journalist?
Internship at the Willamette Week, in Portland, OR.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yeah. Good riddance.
How is social media changing news?
It's fantastic. It allows anyone to be a part of the news, and has challenged out conceptions of who is and isn't a journalist.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
I don't have one. Real journalists are infinitely more interesting than fictional ones.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To reveal aspects of our world to others as honestly as possible.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Whatever camera is on hand, Photoshop, Lightroom, Final Cut and Premier.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter.
Who do you wish followed you?
Eros Hoagland.
Why did you become a journalist?
I have a desire to record things that are going unrecorded and show them to the world.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No, but I worked for my Community College paper, which hooked me into Journalism. I started as a writer, then moved to photography.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
A documentary following a displaced family from Bamako as they returned to Timbuktu after the French intervention in Mali.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
If there's a story you want, cover it. No matter what or where it is, just do it. If you're interested, someone else probably is too.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time.
