What was your first job as a journalist?
Columnist at The Asian World newspaper.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No.
How is social media changing news?
It's making news more instantaneous.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Kent Brockman.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means a lot purely because there are stories that are always willing to be told.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I prefer to be pitched via email or phone.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Microsoft Office, Canva, R, Adobe Creative Suite, Tableau Public, Slack, Gmail, Infogram.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter.
Who do you wish followed you?
Jon Snow.
Why did you become a journalist?
I had wanted to be a journalist after watching Jim Rosenthal's performances on ITV Sport, covering boxing, F1, rugby and other sports.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Probably the scoop I did on the UK Government's £500 million data centre contract tender for Brexit.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Make connections, don't be afraid to hang around with others with other journalists and to assume you know everything on a difficult subject.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Usually around 11am - 2pm.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A pitch about the most connected human on earth coming to the UK.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Something around Easter.
What's your favorite drink?
A fruit smoothie.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Running, swimming and mainly networking with other media professionals and journalists.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Times.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That my beat, particularly data is hard and difficult to grasp.
