Gizmodo breaking news reporter Leffer departs
Lauren Leffer, a breaking news reporter at Gizmodo, has left. In this role, she covered tech, science, and the environment. She also pitched, reported and wrote in depth environmental coverage. Her tweet reads: “Despite a…challenging environment, there are really wonderful people there doing really great work and I will miss many of them. Next stuff […]
How an AI-generated story caused an uproar at Gizmodo
Pranshu Varma of The Washington Post writes about how a story written by artificial intelligence about Star Wars movies caused an uproar at tech site Gizmodo. Varma writes, “Lauren Leffer, a Gizmodo reporter and member of the Writers Guild of America, East union, said this is a ‘very transparent’ effort by G/O Media to get more […]
Serrano swaps Gizmodo for The Messenger
Jody Serrano has joined The Messenger as a reporter covering online communities and social media. Recently, she was an online communities and internet reporter at Gizmodo, where she joined in 2017 as a weekend editor. Serrano began her career in Texas, where she also worked for the Austin American-Statesman and The Texas Tribune. She was […]
Gizmodo posts AI-generated story with errors
Tech news site Gizmodo posted a story about “Star Wars” movies on Wednesday generated by artificial intelligence that contained multiple errors, reports Todd Spangler of Variety. Spangler writes, “‘As you may have seen today, an AI-generated article appeared on io9,’ James Whitbrook, deputy editor at io9 and Gizmodo, tweeted about the situation. ‘I was informed approximately 10 […]
Parent of Quartz, Gizmodo to begin testing artificial intelligence
G/O Media editorial director Merrill Brown told the staff of the company, which includes tech news site Gizmodo and financial news site Quartz, that it will begin testing AI-produced stories. Brown writes: Editorial team, I am writing to advice you of a new context feature that will be added into the mix at G/O publications. […]
Gizmodo seeks a consumer tech editor
Gizmodo is looking for an experienced Editor to run Gizmodo’s consumer technology coverage. As a major part of your role, you’ll run Gizmodo’s reviews and product coverage and will oversee a team of reporters and reviewers, assign them stories and reviews, guide their reporting, edit their copy, and work with other editors to publish fast, […]
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 […]
Gizmodo senior writer Novak laid off
Matt Novak, a senior writer at Gizmodo, has been made redundant after almost 10 years with the outlet. Novak’s tweet reads: “It’s been an honor to work with such amazing, talented people for so long. I loved my job and I know that I was tremendously lucky to have it for as long as I […]
Wired hires Gizmodo’s Cameron
Dell Cameron, a senior reporter at tech news site Gizmodo, has been hired by Wired magazine as a senior policy writer. He will start Jan. 9. His last day at Gizmodo is Friday. Cameron has been at Gizmodo since May 2017, covering tech policy and national security. He previously worked at The Daily Dot covering […]
Senior reporter Tracy departing Gizmodo
Phillip Tracy, a senior reporter at Gizmodo, is leaving the tech news site. He is becoming a senior adviser for product reviews at Dell. Before Gizmodo, Tracy was assistant managing editor at Laptop Magazine and a technology writer at The Daily Dot. He also worked as technology editor at RCR Wireless News. Tracy is a […]
