PCMag hires Yarm as executive editor
PCMag has hired Mark Yarm as executive editor of features and special projects. He will start on April 7. Yarm has been freelancing for the past two years and teaching at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Before that, he was technology editor at BuzzFeed News. Recently, Yarm was a features editor at Input Magazine. He also […]
Bloomberg Law’s Riley moving to new team
Bloomberg Law reporter Tonya Riley is moving to a new cross-newsroom initiative focused on reporting privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news that impacts c-suite leaders. She has been senior privacy reporter. Riley previously worked at CyberScoop and at The Washington Post covering technology and cybersecurity policy for the Technology 202 and Cybersecurity 202 newsletters as a researcher and reporter. She […]
Reuters tech reporter Satter sues Indian government
Reuters tech reporter Raphael Satter has sued the Indian government after his Indian overseas citizenship was cancelled, after he reported and wrote a story critical of a prominent Indian businessman. Hannah Ellis-Petersen of The Guardian writes, “Satter, who works in Washington DC, denies ever conducting journalism in India and has only travelled to the country to visit family. […]
Politico taps Nickel to cover cybersecurity
Politico journalist Dana Nickel is now covering cybersecurity and anchoring the “Morning Cyber” newsletter. She has been a digital producer. She has worked at Politico since February 2023 and previously was a digital producer and assignment editor at FOX23 News in Tulsa, Okla. Nickel is a 2021 graduate of George Mason University’s communication program with an academic […]
Industry influence, AI covering becoming a focus for coverage
Gretchen Peck of Editor & Publisher interviewed Todd Bishop of Geekwire in Seattle about covering technology. Peck writes, “With two of the largest cloud companies, Amazon and Microsoft, based in the Pacific Northwest, cloud technology has been a hot coverage topic. Recently, AI became top-of-mind for the newsroom, led by Editor Taylor Soper. “‘One of the things we’ve […]
Politico names Anderson its California tech editor
Emma Anderson has been named Politico’s California tech editor. Her responsibilities include directing news coverage of state policies on social media, AI, privacy and more. She has seven years of experience editing politics and policy from Politico bureaus across the globe. Before Politico, she worked for The Local Europe, covering the impacts of the 2015 refugee crisis […]
What it’s like to cover Elon Musk
NPR technology correspondent Bobby Allyn spoke with Scott Detrow about covering billionaire Elon Musk, from his business dealings to the Department of Government Efficiency, from his tweets to his 2 a.m. emails. Here is an excerpt: DETROW: What, if anything, from that period of time helps you understand what Elon Musk is doing in his position of power […]
Lessin on how The Information’s tech coverage differs
Edmund Lee of The New York Times interviewed Jessica Lessin of The Information about how her technology publication differs from The Wall Street Journal. Here is an excerpt: Are legacy newsrooms too focused on the old model? I do think that many of the large media organizations haven’t gotten the memo fully. I mean, it’s fascinating to watch […]
Bass to take on AI beat, Ford to cover Microsoft for Bloomberg
Sarah Frier and Jillian Ward of Bloomberg News sent out the following on Thursday: The biggest technology companies, from Apple to OpenAI, are spending tens of billions on artificial intelligence infrastructure, engaging in a high-stakes race to build data centers, supply them with the right chips, and support the next wave of innovation. These investment […]
Business Insider hires Ming in Singapore
Business Insider has hired Lee Chong Ming as a reporter in its Singapore office. He will be covering artificial intelligence and technology. He was previously a journalist on the news desk at CNA, covering Singapore and international news. Ming studied English literature at the National University of Singapore.
