Hollywood Reporter names Zeitchik senior editor for tech and politics

The Hollywood Reporter has named Steven Zeitchik as senior editor, technology and politics.

A story on its website states, “Zeitchik has spent two decades covering the entertainment industry as well as tech and politics for the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, and was a key member of the Post’s award-winning Tech team during his six years at the paper. As a certificate holder in AI from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Zeitchik has avidly monitored the rapid growth of artificial intelligence and its potential to overhaul the media and entertainment industries.

“Zeitchik was also at the Post for nearly all of President Donald Trump’s first term; during that time, he reported on the combustible combination of the White House and Hollywood. ‘I’ve long been fascinated by both technology and politics as transformative forces in American life, and these days the two are more powerful and entwined than ever,’ Zeitchik said.

“In his new role, he will concentrate on critical subjects impacting the entertainment world such as artificial intelligence and technology and will continue writing and editing The Race columns for THR’s awards coverage. Zeitchik also is the author of My Green Obsession, about the cursed life of a New York Jets fan; a winner of the Arthur Burns foreign-reporting prize from Berlin; a recipient of a Fulbright grant to Germany; and a past SXSW documentary jury member.”

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