TechCrunch seeks a senior writer in San Francisco
Are you a journalist who gets excited by the ping of breaking news notifications? Do you thrive on cultivating sources and competing to break the stories that matter? TechCrunch is seeking a versatile, enterprising tech reporter to join our San Francisco team. As the leading outlet covering the business of innovation, we pull back the curtain […]
TechCrunch hires Brandom as AI editor
TechCrunch has hired Russell Brandom as artificial intelligence editor. He most recently was the U.S. tech editor for Rest of World. He has been writing a weekly newsletter about the global impact of U.S. technology companies. Prior to joining Rest of World, Brandom worked at The Verge for 10 years as a senior reporter and then as a policy […]
Ex-TechCrunch staffers join defense tech startup
Former TechCrunch staffers have joined Resilience Media, a new title covering the defense tech industry which has just expanded after a successful fundraising round, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt reports, “But raising seed funding over the last few months has allowed it to bring in several key editorial hires, many of whom are also […]
What stories interest TechCrunch’s Davis
Meredith Klein of Meredith on the Media interviewed Dominic-Madori Davis, senior reporter at TechCrunch, about her career. Here is an excerpt: As a senior reporter for TechCrunch, you report on and investigate venture capital and startups with a focus on race, gender, culture, and politics. Can you give us some examples of the stories you’re […]
TechCrunch’s Bellan moves to AI beat
TechCrunch senior reporter Rebecca Bellan is now covering artificial intelligence. “I’m interested in how AI is actually being used, how it’s being regulated, and where the hype cracks,” she wrote on social media. She joined the news organization in 2021 and originally covered transportation. Bellan previously was a contributing writer for Forbes.com, covering social media and tech […]
TechCrunch seeks an AI editor
TechCrunch needs a talented reporter to help cover the rapidly evolving world of AI. As our Senior AI Reporter, you’ll help lead how we cover the tech industry’s most hot-button topic, contributing to day-to-day reporting, crafting features, developing sources to find exclusives, and contributing to our expanding video efforts and events programming. If you want […]
TechCrunch says it’s not backing out of Europe
Michael Reinstein, chairman and founder of private equity firm Regent, which recently bought TechCrunch, writes that the tech news site is not pulling out of Europe despite widespread layoffs to its staff there. Reinstein writes, “The recent changes at TechCrunch are not about retreat. They are about realignment and reinforcement. This new chapter is fueled […]
TechCrunch layoffs in Europe total 10
Around 10 staff have lost their jobs following the decision by TechCrunch to pull out of the UK and Europe, reports Rob Waugh of Press Gazette. Waugh reports, “Technology publicist Jazz Gandhi, founder of Duet public relations, said: ‘Techcrunch Europe was more than just a media outlet, it built a European community coupled with caring, talented, intelligent […]
AI editor Wiggers leaving TechCrunch
Kyle Wiggers, the artificial intelligence editor at TechCrunch, is leaving next week to take a communications job. He has been at TechCrunch since March 2022, starting as a senior reporter. His writing has appeared in VentureBeat and Digital Trends, as well as a range of gadget blogs including Android Police, Android Authority, Droid-Life, and XDA-Developers. […]
TechCrunch shuts European operations
TechCrunch has shut its European operations, with many long-serving staff made redundant, reports Martin Coulter and Tom Matsuda of Sifted. Coulter and Matsuda report, “The retreat comes after Yahoo, TechCrunch’s former parent company, sold the business to private equity firm Regent in March. While TechCrunch has yet to confirm how many people have been laid off, several European editorial […]
