ZDNet senior reporter Palmer departs
Danny Palmer, a senior reporter at ZDNet covering cybersecurity, has left the news organization. He had been with the tech news site since February 2016 and was based in London. Palmer previously was a staff writer at Computing Magazine and online content editor at Train2Game. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Exeter […]
Bloomberg hires Carson to cover intersection of money and Silicon Valley
Bloomberg News has hired Biz Carson as a reporter to cover the intersection of money and Silicon Valley. She started on Monday. She previously was a San Francisco-based reporter at Protocol, covering Silicon Valley with a focus on startups and venture capital. Previously, she reported for Forbes and was co-editor of Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups list. Before […]
The demise of tech news site Recode
Brian Morrissey writes about the demise of tech news site Recode, which was folded into Vox this week. Morrissey writes, “Recode raised $10 million in venture funding only to sell to Vox Media after just 18 months, saying it could not compete in a scale era. That was only partially true, since Recode had the makings of […]
Rest of World’s Kaphle discusses its strategy
Mathew Ingram of Columbia Journalism Review spoke with Rest of World editor in chief Anup Kaphle about the strategy around its editorial focus. Here is an excerpt: MI: How have things changed since you joined Rest of World? Are there any insights you brought from your experience editing a newspaper in Kathmandu, or from the Washington Post? AK: When I […]
The Markup seeks two editors
The Markup is hiring two editors to oversee, guide, and elevate a steady rhythm of enterprise, accountability, and investigative journalism. You will: Oversee, edit, and coach reporters on stories from conception to final line edits on: Short and medium-sized enterprise projects In-depth, long-form investigative stories Follow-ups and other stories that can push an investigation further (because […]
Rest of World receives $200,000 grant from Ford Foundation
Rest of World has received a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to expand its coverage of the impact of tech on everyday people. The grant, which is made available through the foundation’s Future of Work(ers) program, will fund a one-year reporting fellowship at Rest of World designed to support coverage of tech’s relationship with labor, […]
The Information seeks a VC and startups reporter
The Information is seeking a reporter to break news and write deeply reported features on venture capital and startups from our San Francisco headquarters. This is a job that cuts to the heart of what makes Silicon Valley tick: investments in young companies that hold the promise of world-changing products and fabulous wealth for their […]
Senior editorial director Brown among CNET layoffs
Senior editorial director Rich Brown was among the layoffs at tech news site CNET. Brown was the editorial lead for CNET’s Home and Wellness sections, based in Louisville, Kentucky. Before moving to Louisville in 2013, Brown ran CNET’s desktop computer review section for 10 years in New York City. He had been at CNET since […]
Vox is retiring the Recode brand
Vox announced it will retire the branding for technology news site Recode and The Goods. Journalist work will appear Vox’s technology section for Recode, and Vox’s culture and money sections for The Goods. Recode was started in January 2014 by former Wall Street Journal technology journalists Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, who had run its […]
ZDNet senior writer Condon among layoffs
Stephanie Condon, a senior writer at ZDNet, was among the layoffs at the tech news site. Condon had been with ZDNet since May 2016. She based in Portland, Oregon. She covers cloud computing, AI, the space industry and other innovation-related topics. She previously covered politics for CBSNews.com, as well as the intersection of technology […]
