The Verge tech reporter Porter is departing

Jon Porter, a tech reporter for The Verge in London, is leaving after five years. Part of The Verge’s UK-based team, his primary focuses are European consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and video games. Porter started his career covering audio and TV equipment for TechRadar and has also written for Gizmodo UK, […]

The Verge’s Patel on keeping its audience happy

The Verge editor in chief Nilay Patel was interviewed on his “Decoder” podcast by Complexly co-founder and YouTuber Hank Green about the site. Here is an excerpt: That goes back to the conversation we were having before about audience and how do you imagine those people. Who are they in your head, and how do you feel […]

Rest of World, HBR, Business Insider among magazine award finalists

The American Society of Magazine Editors announced Thursday the finalists for the 59th annual National Magazine Awards. The business publications that are finalists are: Rest of World for general excellence in the literature, science and politics category. In the design category, Harvard Business Review for July–August print issue; “Create Stories That Change Your Company’s Culture,” […]

The Verge hires Feiner as senior policy reporter

The Verge has hired Lauren Feiner as a senior reporter covering tech policy. She most recently was covering tech policy for CNBC.com. She’d been with CNBC since 2018 beginning as a tech general assignments reporter and is currently based out of Washington, D.C. Feiner has appeared as a guest on MSNBC, NBC News NOW, NBC LX and […]

The Verge seeks a senior reporter to cover artificial intelligence

The Verge’s policy team is dedicated to illuminating how politics, law, and regulation affect the technologies that shape readers’ lives — and how technology is shaping all those fields as well. As a US presidential election approaches, the Supreme Court prepares to take on online speech challenges, and EU regulation changes the basic operating principles of […]

Vincent departing The Verge after eight years

The Verge senior reporter James Vincent is leaving the tech news site after nine years. Vincent has been covering artificial intelligence and machine learning. He previously was the online science and tech editor for The Independent. He has also written for the London Review of Books, Financial Times, and Wired. His book, “Beyond Measure: The Hidden History […]

Wired hires Kelly for politics team

Wired has hired Makena Kelly as a senior writer for its new politics team. She will start on Nov. 27. Kelly joins from The Verge, where she was a politics reporter, covering ground-breaking investigative news at the intersection of tech, politics, and business. Before The Verge, Kelly interned at the Lincoln Journal Star in Nebraska. […]

The Verge reporter Chin departs

Tech reporter Monica Chin has left The Verge, where she was covering laptops. She had been at the website for nearly four years. Chin was previously at Business Insider where she was senior technology reporter. Before joining Business Insider, Chin was a staff writer for Tom’s Guide. She also served as a tech editorial fellow at […]

How The Verge is getting loyal users with its redesign

Mark Stenberg of Adweek writes about how a redesign of tech news site The Verge is helping it convert readers into loyal users. Stenberg writes, “From January to September, The Verge saw its readership increase 15%, according to Patel. In the same timeframe, its loyal user base, which it defines as a reader who visits the […]

The Verge hires David to cover artificial intelligence

The Verge has hired tech reporter Emilia David to cover artificial intelligence. She has been at Insider covering venture capital since April 2022. Before reporting at Venture Capital Journal, where she worked for a year, David was weekend editor at Cointelegraph and a reporter for Waters Technology. She also worked as a reporter for American Metals […]