Wired hires Elliott to cover platforms and power

Wired magazine has hired Vittoria Elliott to cover technology platforms and their power.

Previously, she was staff writer at Rest of World, where her work was nominated for a One World Media award.

Elliott has also been freelance journalist covering the social impact and implications technology with a focus on policy, disinformation, labor, human rights, and conflict.

She is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism. She has a background in international development, policy, and entrepreneurship with experience working in Ghana, Kenya, and India. Elliott graduated from Tufts University, where she was an international relations research scholar, with a BA in international relations and psychology.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.