Why Wired is embedding videos in stories
Hanaa Tameez of Nieman Lab looks at how Wired and other publications are embedding videos in stories. Tameez writes, “When Wired had six reporters follow a robotaxi from autonomous car company Waymo around San Francisco, for example, associate director of social Evy Kwong took vertical smartphone videos and interspersed them through the piece. In a story about […]
Washington Post hires Simonite as tech companies editor
Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery, deputy business editor Sandhya Somashekhar, technology editor, corporate and personal tech Yun-Hee Kim and technology editor, enterprise and investigations Alexis Fitts sent out the following announcement: We are thrilled to announce that Tom Simonite is joining The Post’s Business staff as Tech Companies Editor, helping to drive coverage of […]
Grist hires Wired’s Simon as senior staff writer
Grist has hired Matt Simon as a senior staff writer covering solutions. Simon previously worked at Wired, where he covered climate change, the environment, and technology for nearly 13 years. He’s the author of three books, most recently “A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies.” He’s reported on a broad range […]
Shachtman returning to Wired as contributing editor
Katie Drumm, global editor in chief of Wired, send out the following on Tuesday: Hi All — I’m very, very excited to share that the one and only Noah Shachtman is returning to WIRED as contributing editor. Noah was most recently the Editor-in-Chief of Rolling Stone, which he reinvigorated over two-and-a-half years, leaning hard into […]
Wired hires Drummond as next editor in chief
Wired magazine has hired Katie Drummond to be its next editor in chief, reports Katie Robertson of the New York Times. Robertson writes, “Condé Nast, the publisher of Wired, announced on Thursday the appointment of Ms. Drummond as its global editorial director. Ms. Drummond joins from Vice Media, where she was the senior vice president of global news […]
Jason departs Wired after 4.5 years
Zak Jason is leaving Wired magazine after four-and-a-half years. Jason directs the research department and newsroom standards, and edits features, ideas essays, and op-eds. He’s written for The New York Times Magazine, Boston Magazine, Slate, The Guardian, and many other places. He was raised in Virginia, Mississippi, and Massachusetts. Jason is a graduate of Boston […]
Inc. hires Conrad to cover entrepreneurs
Inc. magazine has hired Jennifer Conrad to cover entrepreneurs and the news and technology they need to know about. She has been at Wired as a writer. She previously worked a fact checker at The New York Times Magazine. Conrad has previously worked at Vogue, where she was head of the research department, fact-checking many of the […]
Wired hires Mullin to cover biotechnology
Wired magazine has hired Emily Mullin to cover biotechnology. She will start next month. She has been working for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and also previously reported on biotech for Medium’s OneZero publication. Emily Mullin Mullen was previously a freelance writer who has had bylines in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, National Geographic, The Atlantic, Science, Quartz, Pacific Standard, and […]
NY Times Opinion hires Wired’s Whitney
Sam Whitney has been hired by the New York Times Opinion as an art director with the design team. Previously, he was a senior designer at Wired in San Francisco, where he designed, illustrated and art directed for its print pages and website. Whitney’s conceptual storytelling talent has been recognized by AIGA and the Society […]
Wired hires Farokhmanesh to cover gaming
Megan Farokhmanesh, a gaming reporter at Axios who co-writes its gaming newsletter, has been hired by Wired as a senior reporter. She will start May 23. She has been at Axios for a year. Farokhmanesh was previously at The Verge where she was a reporter covering internet culture and the video game industry. She was also a reporter, senior reporter […]
