Interview
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, a long time ago.
How is social media changing news?
No.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
The fictional journalistic character in Gabriel García Márquez's "Autumn of the Patriarch," for the author started as a journalist
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
No.
What's your favorite social network?
Medium.com.
Why did you become a journalist?
We are brainwashed to believe lies. Edward Bernays developed advertising skills used by Wall Street, Hitler and the CIA.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
"Concentration Camps: US Citizen places in detention centers
The Japanese Internment Camps: Alien Enemies Act of 1798"
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Nabila, a master writer from Pakistan, explained how the poor see reality. She is a wise and amazing writer.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Not sure.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
My cell phone.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Positive News, a web site that promotes Good News. We need it.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
I know everything.
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