Holding tech news accountable for not covering diversity
Sherrell Dorsey, the founder of The Plug Daily, writes about the lack of coverage in tech news about minority innovators. Dorsey writes, “Within the context of an industry that has grossly underrepresented and underfunded both aspects of innovators ascribed identities like mine in this country, I am attempting to develop and adapt language that accurately […]
BuzzFeed seeks a tech reporter in San Francisco
BuzzFeed News is looking for a smart, tenacious, and enthusiastic reporter to cover the confluence of money, power, and technology from our San Francisco bureau. We’re looking for a reporter with five or more years experience who can own a beat, break news, and advance stories. This is a highly ambitious desk, and the successful […]
Quartz seeks tech reporter in San Francisco
Quartz seeks a reporter to contribute to its coverage of the technology sector globally, with a focus on producing original takes on the news, reported scoops, and informed analysis. Based in San Francisco or the greater Bay Area, you would be part of the growing Quartz team worldwide, and help shape our efforts to take […]
What’s behind the success of Technical.ly
Ed Warfield of citybizlist.com interviewed Christopher Wink, the cofounder of Technically Media, which publishes local tech news and runs events networks in five U.S. cities, all on the East Coast. Here is an excerpt: EDWIN WARFIELD: You were a staff writer at the Temple News, 2004 to 2007, intern at Philadelphia Business Journal, 2007 to 2008, […]
Nashville Biz Journal hires Overholt as health care/tech reporter
Emily Overholt has been hired by the Nashville Business Journal as its health care and technology reporter. She replaces Eleanor Kennedy, who has moved to the paper’s entertainment industry beat. Editor Lori Becker writes, “She’ll be covering the news that matters most to you from our region’s heavyweight health care industry and its fast-emerging tech […]
Tech editor Knox leaves Politico Europe
Noelle Knox has left Politico Europe, where she was the technology editor. Her new position will be announced shortly. Before joining Politico Europe, Knox was editor of the CFO Journal at The Wall Street Journal. She joined Politico Europe in April 2015. She has more than 20 years of journalism experience in newspapers, magazines, TV, […]
Washington Post hires Shaban from BuzzFeed to cover tech
Washington Post national economy and business editor David Cho, deputy business editor Zachary Goldfarb and digital editor Michelle Williams sent out the following announcement: We are thrilled to announce that Hamza Shaban will join The Washington Post as a reporter on The Switch. He brings sharp creative thinking – and deep knowledge of how government […]
Saitto, former Bloomberg reporter, joining The Information
The Information editor in chief Jessica Lessin and managing editor Martin Peers sent out the following announcement: We are excited to share that Serena Saitto will be joining us in San Francisco as a reporter covering the intersection between Wall Street and Silicon Valley, reporting to Martin. Serena was a rockstar Bloomberg M&A reporter, turned chronicler of deals and venture […]
International Biz Times seeks deputy tech editor
Newsweek Media Group is seeking a full-time deputy technology editor to help run our tech team at International Business Times. The position is based out of our New York City office Monday through Friday. We’re looking for an editor who can edit quickly, knows AP style and has a knack for finding stories. The deputy […]
Mossberg talks about why tech reporting need to be easy
National Public Radio’s Robert Siegel interviewed legendary tech journalist Walt Mossberg about his career. Mossberg is retiring in June. Here is an excerpt: On getting his start in tech writing, before computers were popularized in personal use What I did was, I took what had been my passion and my hobby privately, which was early computers and … two […]
