What was your first job as a journalist?
While in college, I made my first dollar as a journalist covering zoning board meetings in Pittsfield Township, south of Ann Arbor, Mich.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Woody Bernstein
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Via email, with a very short description of the topic and a link for additional information.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Mac and iPhone and Ulysses and Wordpress.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes. I took photographs of the football games and I wrote occasional "op ed" type pieces.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Write a lot.
When's the best time to pitch you?
9-5, EST.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Hard to say. Probably the worst were from authors of books on political conspiracy theories.
What's your favorite drink?
water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Hockey game.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The New Yorker
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That we haven't done our homework.
