What was your first job as a journalist?
That was paid - Assignment Editor, WECT
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
How is social media changing news?
Forcing immediacy and following more rumors/unfounded details
What does it mean to be a journalist?
to seek truth and spread it
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email 5p - 10p, NEVER CONTACT ME BETWEEN 10A AND 3P
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
iNews, Microsoft Exchange, Slack
What's your favorite social network?
for work - Twitter
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes, general assignment
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Know a second language
When's the best time to pitch you?
5p - 10p
What's the best pitch you ever got?
not aware of one
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
whoever called/calls me (there have been several) right before my deadline, means they don't know the show I work on
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
People, family's been a subscriber since like 1977
