The Wall Street Journal has hired Tom Dotan to cover Microsoft and business technology.
Dotan has been a senior tech correspondent at Insider covering YouTube, Google and Alphabet.
He previously covered the gig economy and also worked at The Information. Dotan also covered tech for the Los Angeles Business Journal. While there he broke stories about the struggles of online video, the movie industry’s tense relationship with tech (particularly the talent agencies) and the rise and fall of subscription e-commerce.
Prior to the Business Journal he worked as a freelance political reporter, publishing pieces in the Guardian, Marketplace, KCET and the Sacramento Bee.
Originally from Northern California, he obtained a master’s degree in online journalism from USC’s Annenberg School of Journalism.