Australian Broadcasting Company hires Ryan as science and tech journalist
Multi-award-winning science editor Jackson W. Ryan has joined the Australian Broadcasting Company as a science and technology journalist. In more than five years at CNET, Ryan held the posts of associate editor and science editor. He has also held editorial roles at Allure Media. Ryan has a bachelor’s degree and a PhD. from the University […]
CNET removes thousands of old articles
Tech news website CNET has deleted thousands of old articles over the past few months in a bid to improve its performance in Google Search results, reports Thomas Germain of Gizmodo. Germain reports, “CNET shared an internal memo about the practice. Removing, redirecting, or refreshing irrelevant or unhelpful URLs ‘sends a signal to Google that says CNET is […]
Van Boom departs CNET after 8 years
CNET senior writer Daniel Van Boom is leaving the technology news site after nearly eight years. He has been covering cryptocurrency, NFTs and culture. Van Boom previously worked for Daily Mail Australia as a reporter and for Bleacher Report as a columnist. He is a graduate of University of Technology Sydney in Australia.
LA Times hires Wong to cover tech and entertainment policy
The Los Angeles Times has hired Queenie Wong to cover technology and entertainment policy. Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook’s parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in San Jose and the Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon. A […]
Ackerman named editor in chief of Gizmodo
Veteran technology journalist Dan Ackerman has been hired as editor in chief of tech news site Gizmodo. Ackerman comes to Gizmodo from consumer technology publication CNET, where he most recently served as editorial director, overseeing coverage of key tech topics including computers, gaming and virtual/augmented reality. There, he led a team producing highly-cited news and […]
CNET overhauls AI policy and updates past stories
Tech news site CNET has updated its artificial intelligence policies, saying no stories will be written entirely using the AI tool, and it’s also updating some past content, reports Mia Sato of The Verge. Sato reports, “But the outlet says it will ‘explore leveraging’ AI tools to sort and analyze data and to create outlines for stories, […]
CNET ME DiPane departing for new opportunity
Jared DiPane, managing editor of commerce at tech news site CNET, is leaving for a new opportunity. DiPane is becoming director of commerce for Valnet. He had been at CNET since November 2021. He previously was supervising editor of commerce at Digital Trends and director of commerce content at Future. DiPane was also a senior […]
CNET journalists seeking to unionize
CNET journalists are pushing to unionize, seeking a formal say on issues such as the use of artificial intelligence at the technology news company, reports Josh Eidelson of Bloomberg News. Eidelson reports, “Pro-union employees, who are organizing with the Writers Guild of America East, said they’ve signed up the vast majority of their coworkers. The union […]
Brown departs CNET, where she was an editor
Shelby Brown has left technology site CNET, where she most recently was an editor. “My time at CNET and the folks I met have left me a better journalist and a better person,” she wrote on LinkedIn. Brown had also been a staff writer for CNET, which she joined in April 2019. She previously was a […]
Senior editorial director Brown among CNET layoffs
Senior editorial director Rich Brown was among the layoffs at tech news site CNET. Brown was the editorial lead for CNET’s Home and Wellness sections, based in Louisville, Kentucky. Before moving to Louisville in 2013, Brown ran CNET’s desktop computer review section for 10 years in New York City. He had been at CNET since […]
