Gizmodo hires WSJ’s Ewalt to be editor in chief
Tech news site Gizmodo has hired David Ewalt of The Wall Street Journal to be editor in chief. He has been at The Journal since February 2020, building new products including indexes, data-driven rankings, and investigative journalism. Ewalt previously was at Reuters as special projects editor, editing special reports focused on technological innovation. He managed reporters, external […]
Stanley departs Gizmodo for the Washington Post
The following announcement was sent out by The Washington Post sports editor Matt Vita and launcher editor Mike Hume: We are excited to announce that Alyse Stanley is joining The Washington Post as a multiplatform editor for Launcher, The Post’s section dedicated to covering the video game and esports industry. Alyse comes to us from […]
Gizmodo hires Provenzano as a staff writer
Tech news site Gizmodo has hired Brianna Provenzano as a staff writer. She will cover streaming platforms and TikTok’s cultural footprint. Provenzano has been a part-time night editor writing, editing and reporting weekly tech and politics blogs. She previously worked at Refinery29 and Pacific Standard Magazine. She was also a politics reporter for Mic from August 2015 […]
Gizmodo Australia editor Jones set to depart
Tegan Jones, a tech reporter and editor of Gizmodo Australia, will be leaving next month. Jones is also founder, co-host and producer of Queens of the Drone Age, a weekly podcast series featuring four of Australia’s top technology journalists. She has also done tech commentary for The Project, ABC News 24, A Current Affair, The […]
Gizmodo editor Biggs departs organization
Tech news site Gizmodo editor in chief John Biggs has left the news organization. He joined in July 2020 and was previously editor of Gizmodo from 2003 to 2005. He had been editor of CoinDesk since May 2019 before that. Biggs has two decades experience as a tech editor and journalist across sites such as CrunchGear and TechCrunch. […]
Gizmodo tech reporter Keck is joining The Verge
Gizmodo tech reporter Catie Keck is leaving the website and will join The Verge later this month. Keck has been at Gizmodo since October 2018, starting first as a night and weekends editor. She has been a staff writer since March 2019. She also worked as a senior editor at the International Business Times and as an […]
Gizmodo news editor Menegus laid off
Tech site Gizmodo has laid off news editor Bryan Menegus. “My colleagues were some of the best, smartest people on their beats and I’ll miss them dearly,” he wrote on Twitter. Menegus joined Gizmodo in February 2016 covering internet culture, became a senior reporter focusing on labor and most recently switched to editing. He previously […]
Gizmodo parent fired journalist because of activism, union claims
Online publisher G/O Media Inc. told employees of its tech news website Gizmodo that it fired a co-worker because of her union activism, the Writers Guild of America East alleged in a complaint filed with a U.S. regulator, reports Josh Eidelson of Bloomberg News. Eidelson reports, “In filings Thursday with the National Labor Relations Board, the union claimed […]
Senior consumer tech editor Cranz departs Gizmodo
Senior consumer tech editor Alex Cranz has left Gizmodo. She had been with Gizmodo since January 2016. “I am so proud of the work I have accomplished in concert with them, and I am particularly proud of the consumer tech team I managed, which is the largest primarily woman consumer tech team in U.S> media” […]
Gizmodo ME Jakola is departing
Kaitlyn Jakola, managing editor at tech news site Gizmodo for the past year, is leaving at the end of the week. “It’s still so freaking cool to me that I got to be a part of this amazing team, and I’ll miss it a lot. But I’m excited for what comes next,” she wrote on […]
