Senior tech reporter Zaveri departs Business Insider

Business Insider senior tech reporter Paayal Zaveri has left the news organization. She joined in October 2019. Based in San Francisco, Zaveri was on Insider’s tech analysis team, covering tech trends and culture, careers, work-based immigration, and the intersection of tech and politics. Previously she covered enterprise technology with a focus on cloud software and future of […]

Tampa Bay Biz Journal seeks a tech reporter

The Tampa Bay Business Journal is hiring a reporter to cover the dynamic technology, startups and innovation beat and lead the reporting for its sister digital publication Tampa Bay Inno. The Tampa Bay region is experiencing explosive growth and this reporter will be in the thick of it. Specifically, this reporter will cover Tampa Bay’s […]

Silicon Valley Biz Journal hires Mendez as reporter

Andrew Mendez has joined the Silicon Valley Business Journal as a reporter to cover startup, venture capital, and small business. Recently, he was a multimedia reporting fellow at TechCrunch. Previously, Mendez interned at KUNR-FM 88.7, NPR’s radio station owned and operated by the University of Nevada, Los Angeles Times and Reno Gazette-Journal. He freelanced for […]

dotLA lays off editorial staff of five

DotLa, a website covering the Los Angeles technology and startup scene, has laid off its editorial staff. Reporter Samson Amore wrote on Twitter: “We had a good run, and it’s a huge disappointment to see what was a local news outlet with a lot of potential go belly-up.” dotLA was launched in January 2020 by […]

Axios hire Fehrenbacher to cover climate tech

Axios has hired Katie Fehrenbacher to cover climate technology deals. She has been a freelancer since January 2022, but before was a senior writer for GreenBiz Group and a senior writer for Fortune magazine. Fehrenbacher also worked at GigaOm, Red Herring and Engadget, as well as The Yomiuri Shimbun. She is a graduate of the University of […]

LA Times hires Wong to cover tech and entertainment policy

The Los Angeles Times has hired Queenie Wong to cover technology and entertainment policy. Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook’s parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in San Jose and the Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon. A […]

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 […]

CNET overhauls AI policy and updates past stories

Tech news site CNET has updated its artificial intelligence policies, saying no stories will be written entirely using the AI tool, and it’s also updating some past content, reports Mia Sato of The Verge. Sato reports, “But the outlet says it will ‘explore leveraging’ AI tools to sort and analyze data and to create outlines for stories, […]

FedScoop hires Bloomberg Industry’s Alder to cover tech

FedScoop has hired Madison Alder as a technology reporter. Alder has been at Bloomberg Industry Group, where she was a reporter covering the judiciary. During her time on that beat, she broke news about judicial nominations, and in early 2021 was was the first journalist to reveal details of a cyberattack that hit the U.S. […]

San Francisco Standard seeks a tech reporter

The San Francisco Standard has a full-time opening for a talented and experienced technology reporter to join our team in San Francisco. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the tech industry and a passion for writing about the intersection of technology and life, culture and the economy in the Bay Area, with a […]