TechCrunch hires Temkin to cover VCs and startups

TechCrunch has hired Marina Temkin to cover venture capital firms and startups. She has been at Pitchbook for the past three years, based in San Francisco. Previously with Venture Capital Journal, Temkin wrote about the VC industry, and she was a reporter with Mergermarket in New York and San Francisco. She also has been a financial analyst […]

WSJ seeks an editor to oversee AI coverage

The Wall Street Journal is looking for an experienced, creative journalist to lead our coverage of how artificial intelligence is reshaping business in the tech industry and beyond. You will guide a group of talented reporters writing about the most important companies and individuals in the AI boom, and about who is driving this technology, […]

Matsakis departs Semafor to start newsletter and freelance

Semafor journalist Louise Matsakis has left the news organization to freelance and start a newsletter called “You May Also Like.” The newsletter covers tech, e-commerce and China. She was a technology reporter and a deputy news editor with a focus on Asia news coverage for Semafor. Before Semafor, Matsakis had been on the NBC News tech investigations team, covering Amazon and […]

Washington Posts taps Fitts for tech enterprise, investigations editor

Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery sent out the following announcement on Monday: Alexis Sobel Fitts, who has guided some of our most ambitious enterprise, will be promoted to Technology Editor for Enterprise and Investigations, overseeing coverage of global efforts to regulate technology, as well as a variety of enterprise beats, including the growing influence of […]

Bloomberg hires O’Keeffe to cover US-China tech issues

Bloomberg News has hired Kate O’Keeffe to cover U.S.-China tech and national security issues. O’Keeffe wrote about U.S.-China issues previously at  The Wall Street Journal’s Washington D.C. bureau, where she previously covered the U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. Before moving to D.C., O’Keeffe did a six-year stint in Hong Kong covering the global gambling industry […]

Washington Post tech reporter Harwell on using AI

Washington Post tech reporter Drew Harwell spoke with MediaWise director Alex Mahadevan at Poynter’s annual meeting with its advisory board late February about artificial intelligence. Angela Fu of Poynter writes, “Though Harwell sometimes experiments with AI tools, he doesn’t incorporate them into his reporting and writing process. AI can’t replicate good journalism, he said. It can’t knock […]

Rest of World’s Deck joins Nieman Reports

Rest of World staff writer Andrew Deck has left the news organization to join Nieman Lab. Deck will write about the intersection between artificial intelligence and journalism. At Rest of World, where he worked since September 2019, he covered global social media companies, often providing insights into platform trust and safety, the creator economy and internet culture. […]

Digital Trends editor in chief Martonik departs

Andrew Martonik, the editor in chief of Digital Trends, has left for a new opportunity. He took on the editor in chief role in July 2021 following several months leading DT’s mobile section. “In just a few short years we doubled DT’s traffic, established ourselves as industry leaders in several verticals, and even reached a #1 […]

Shankland departs CNET after 25 years

Stephen Shankland, who has worked at tech news site CNET since October 1998, is leaving the publication. He has been writing about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, drones, browsers, 3D printing, USB, and new computing technology in general. Previously, he was the Google beat reporter and also focused on Linux […]

Washington Post tech columnist Lorenz launching video podcast

The Washington Post tech columnist Taylor Lorenz is partnering with Vox Media to launch a new video podcast called “Power User,” reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “It’s a huge win for Vox Media, which is trying to become a top destination for premiere talent to partner on distribution, monetization and strategy for their podcasts. […]