NPR is creating a team to cover disinformation
In a Monday note to newsroom staff, vice president and executive editor Terence Samuel and senior vice president and editorial director Nancy Barnes announced the following members of a new team to cover disinformation: Shannon Bond needs little introduction. Shannon is currently a tech correspondent based in the Bay Area. That beat has already given […]
Axios hires Politico’s Sabin to cover cybersecurity
Axios has hired Politico reporter Sam Sabin to write its cybersecurity newsletter Axios Codebook, which will relaunch in August. She had been writing Politico’s Morning Cyber newsletter. She joined Politico in early 2021. She had been covering tech policy since January 2019, authoring the Morning Consult Tech morning and afternoon newsletters, along with taking on the tech policy beat and reporting […]
Ma joining climate team at Protocol
Protocol reporter Michelle Ma is joining the climate team at the technology news site. She has been covering management, leadership and the world of work since joining in September 2021. She previously was a news editor for live journalism and special coverage at The Wall Street Journal. Ma had been with the Journal for over 3 years. Prior […]
The tech news story that goes undercovered — accessibility products
Monica Chin of The Verge writes about why accessibility products are undercovered in technology journalism. Chin writes, “Over 25 percent of US adults have a disability, but rigorous and centralized accessibility information is still hard to find for even the biggest tech releases. I asked accessibility-focused writers across the tech and gaming space how the media […]
Texas Public Radio hires Peck to cover tech and entrepreneurship
Texas Public Radio has hired Joshua Peck to cover technology and entrepreneurship. He will start in August. Peck is currently interning at ProPublica through a partnership with the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting. Peck graduated in sociology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His reporting has focused on policing. He has worked with […]
Protocol hires MIT Tech’s Reilly as editorial director
Michael Reilly, the executive editor of MIT Technology Review, has been hired as editorial director of tech news site Protocol. “I’ve been blown away by what the team has accomplished so far, and am beyond excited to help take Protocol to the next level,” he wrote on Twitter. He has been leading MIT Tech’s editorial […]
Protocol editor in chief Grieve is departing
Tim Grieve, the editor in chief of tech news site Protocol, is leaving the site later this month. “I leave with so much pride in what we’ve built together — and with so much faith in the smart, passionate, caring journalists who will carry it into the future,” he wrote on Twitter. Grieve previously served […]
Washington Post hires Starks for cybersecurity newsletter
Washington Post national editor Matea Gold, deputy national editor Phil Rucker, 202 franchise editor Dave Clarke and deputy 202 franchise editor Paige Cunningham sent out the following: We are delighted to announce that Tim Starks will join The Washington Post as author of the Cybersecurity 202 newsletter. Tim will work closely with researcher Aaron Schaffer […]
CNBC tech reporter Bursztynsky departs
Jessica Bursztynsky, associate tech reporter at CNBC has left. She tweets: “After 3.5 years, today is my last day @CNBC. I’ve had an incredible time working on the tech desk & can’t thank my team enough for all of their help. Watch for vacation pics this coming week followed by more tech news at a […]
Politico cybersecurity reporter Sabin is departing
Politico reporter Sam Sabin, who wrote its Morning Cyber newsletter, is leaving for a new opportunity. In the newsletter, she wrote, “You all have been so wonderful over these last 15 months while I got my sea legs covering this wild and crazy cybersecurity world, and I couldn’t be more grateful to have been the one […]
