Semafor is expanding into Silicon Valley

Semafor will launch a multiday Silicon Valley conference that will have two days of live journalism and breakout sessions anchored by Semafor’s team of reporters, reports Emily Shugerman of The San Francisco Standard. Shugerman reports, “Since its founding as a scrappy international news startup competing against august titles like the Financial Times and Economist, Semafor has developed […]
How one independent tech journalist is competing with AI

Laura Hazard Owen of Nieman Lab writes about how tech reporter Casey Newton is using more original reporting and scoops in his Platformer newsletter to compete against artificial intelligence. Owen writes, “But, Newton wrote Monday, two of them — link roundups and news analysis — may no longer work so well for his audience in a time of AI […]
Tech reporter Herrera departs WSJ

Sebastian Herrera, who covered technology for The Wall Street Journal from the San Francisco area, with a focus on Microsoft, artificial intelligence and cloud computing, has left the newspaper. He wrote about how AI is transforming the way people work and live, its promises and risks and the infrastructure that underpins the technology. He also […]
WSJ seeks a reporter to cover cloud computing and AI

The Wall Street Journal is seeking an ambitious, scoop-driven and technically sophisticated reporter to lead our coverage of the cloud computing and AI infrastructure beat. This is a high-impact role at the center of the most critical narrative in modern business: the race to build the foundation of the artificial intelligence era. The canvas for […]
Szkutak departs TechCrunch for new job

TechCrunch reporter Becca Szkutak has left after four years to write about automation for the Association for Advancing Automation. Previously, she was a venture capital reporter at Forbes, where she also co-authored the Deal Flow newsletter. She previously covered the private debt market for PEI – Alternative Insight, an international trade magazine. She also helped […]
How a tech reporter decides what to cover

Meredith Klein of Meredith and the Media interviewed Rich DeMuro, tech reporter at KTLA 5 Los Angeles and host of “Rich on Tech Radio Show.” Here is an excerpt: As a tech reporter, you produce and host a daily technology-related segment on KTLA 5 in Los Angeles. What’s driving your coverage? It’s a tricky situation because […]
EnterpriseAM seeks an AI and tech reporter

The Enterprise Company — publisher of EnterpriseAM, the business daily for the Arab world — is looking for a lead reporter-editor to take charge of our AI and technology coverage. You’ll work hand-in-hand with our founding editor to get it off the ground and then run the franchise going forward as a member of our […]
SF Standard hires Kelly as tech editor

The San Francisco Standard editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following to the staff: Hello Standard colleagues — I’m happy to announce that Heather Kelly, most recently on the SF tech reporting team at The Washington Post, is joining us as technology editor. At the Post, Heather covered the ways technology shapes everyday […]
Barron’s seeks a senior tech reporter

Barron’s is looking for a journalist to provide the definitive voice on technology—a reporter who doesn’t just follow the news, but anticipates the market shifts that define it. From the AI arms race to the next generation of disruptive IPOs, you will provide Barron’s readers with exclusive scoops on the biggest companies and/or investment advice […]
CIO Dive hires Gross to cover enterprise tech and AI

Industry Dive’s CIO Dive has hired Paige Gross to cover enterprise technology and artificial intelligence. She has been at States Newsroom as its national technology reporter. Before that, she was a senior reporter at Technically Philly for four years. Gross joined the Technically Media team as Philly’s lead reporter in June 2019 after spending two years as a breaking […]