Katie Robertson of The New York Times profiles Katie Drummond, the global editorial director at Wired.
Robertson writes, “Ms. Drummond, Wired’s top editor, hears all the time from outside critics who say the publication, which started in 1993 covering the nascent digital revolution, has strayed too far from its techno-optimism roots with its hard-hitting coverage of the Trump administration and skeptical eye on billionaire tech bros.
“And she could not disagree more.
“‘If you still don’t understand why Wired covers politics,’ she said in an interview, ‘you are either willfully ignorant or a complete idiot.’
“In less than three years, Ms. Drummond, 40, has transformed Wired from a fading magazine and website into a buzzy brand that has become a bright spot for Condé Nast, the publishing giant better known as the home of Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
“She started its about-face by creating a politics team that landed major scoops about Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, including uncovering the young engineers given key roles in the project and revealing that members of DOGE’s staff had direct access to U.S. Treasury payment systems. The publication has recently been focusing on artificial intelligence, the war in Iran and the ties between technology companies and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
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