Firefox tips and tricks for journalists

I’ve always loved journalism. When I was in high school a chemistry teacher once gently reprimanded me for reading a copy of The New York Times during class. When I told them I was more interested in the midterm elections than balancing equations, they said, “You’ll never get a job reading newspapers.”

Fast forward to today and that’s… basically what I do as a recommendations editor for Mozilla. It’s my job to think hard about what makes great content and how we should deliver it to users across all our products, including Firefox. I’m particularly passionate about amplifying incredible, impactful journalism, because I’ve also been a working journalist (and not, alas, a chemist). Before joining Mozilla, I was a senior editor at The Week magazine and a reporter for American City Business Journals, but Firefox has always been an indispensable part of my life as a reporter and editor. Here’s why. 

Pocket has been part of my workflow for so long, I don’t really know what I’d do without it. I’ve used it to research countless articles over the years. The Firefox extension makes it outrageously easy to save just about anything you see on the internet to your personal library. And if you’re a tags sicko, you can really go to town. Whenever you save an article, just give it a tag. I created my own tagging system for story ideas, research for articles in progress, great work from other writers I admire, and recipes, because you know, reporters also have to eat. 

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