What was your first job as a journalist?
a story on Rosebery racecourse, Sydney
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Scobie Malone, played by Jack Thompson.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Publisher, Photoshop, Paint
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
PG Wodehouse, if he were alive (although the alternative would be even better).
Why did you become a journalist?
To write.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
wrote funny captions for the photographs
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
A love Letter to the [Golden] Slipper.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
study grammar.
When's the best time to pitch you?
9 to 5 Australian Eastern Time.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
A golf ball in the back of the head (that's an attempt at humour)
What's your favorite drink?
Champagne
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Picnic Point Bowling Club
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Australian
