The Information is looking for tech writers

The Weekend section of The Information wants to publish great yarns about our technology-touched world. Pitch us! ABOUT THE COMPANY The Information is a global publication committed to original reporting and in-depth analysis of the technology industry. It is based in San Francisco and founded in 2013 by former Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin. […]

The Information hires Holmes to cover enterprise tech

Tech news site The Information has hired Business Insider reporter Aaron Holmes to cover enterprise tech. He will start next month. He has been a tech reporter at Business Insider for the past two years. Previously, Holmes was a metro intern for Tampa Bay Times and before that, he held the post of managing editor at The […]

Why The Information is covering the creator economy

Simon Owens examines why The Information hired Kaya Yurieff to cover the creator economy and produce a newsletter about the topic. Owens writes, “From the very beginning, Yurieff’s role was designed as newsletter-first, which meant she needed to deliver a product to subscribers’ inboxes every evening, Monday through Thursday. “I was really worried about having […]

The Information seeks a senior money and power reporter

Who’s calling the shots in technology? Where are they pushing the industry? How are they influencing the larger culture? What are the power dynamics propping them up or tearing them down? The Information’s Weekend section is invested in exploring all of these  questions, covering the intersection of technology, power, money, and culture in Silicon Valley […]

The Information hires Thurm as a senior editor

Tech news site The Information has hired longtime technology journalist Scott Thurm as a senior editor. Thurm has been business editor at Wired magazine and was the former senior deputy technology editor at The Wall Street Journal Thurm has been at The Journal since May 1998. He became senior deputy tech editor in 2013.  He had been a senior editor […]

The Information hires Heeter for VC/crypto/finance team

Tech news site The Information has hired Maria Heeter to be a reporter on its venture capital, cryptocurrency and finance team. She will start in May. She has been a real estate reporting intern at Bloomberg News. She is an economics major at Scripps College and a contributor for The Student Life, the student newspaper of the seven Claremont Colleges, […]

The Information hires Nellis to cover semiconductors and hardware

Tech news site The Information has hired Stephen Nellis to cover semiconductors and hardware. He has been a technology reporter at Reuters since November 2016. Nellis previously worked for The Information, where he covered Salesforce.com, Microsoft and Amazon for two years. Before that, Nellis worked for the Pacific Coast Business Times as a senior editor, technology editor and a tech reporter. He’s a graduate […]

Bloomberg hires crypto VCs reporter, cybersecurity reporter

Mark Milian, a technology editor at Bloomberg News overseeing venture capital and startups coverage, sent out the following announcement on Monday: We’re pleased to announce the addition of two new reporters to the Tech team in San Francisco. Hannah Miller is joining us to cover crypto VCs and startups, and Margi Murphy will cover cybersecurity. […]

The Information taps Pasricha to cover VCs, startups and crypto

Akash Pasricha has joined The Information as a reporter covering venture capital, startups, crypto, bio and health. He was previously a business and technology reporter at The Seattle Times. His bylines have also appeared in The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, and Financial Post Magazine. He was also a podcast host and producer at […]

The Information seeks a distribution editor

The current era in media has been defined by a battle between two forces: content and distribution. This has largely been chalked up to a media versus tech fight. For years, media companies ceded the distribution battle to tech companies—at huge expense. More recently they have realized the error of their ways and started focusing […]