VentureBeat taps Alspach to cover security

Kyle Alspach has joined VentureBeat as a staff writer focused on security technologies, including emerging technologies, along with covering enterprise security strategies and trends. Previously, he was a senior technical editor covering mobile device, PC, and cloud news focusing on Microsoft, Apple and HP for CRN at The Channel Company in Westborough, Massachusetts. He was […]

VentureBeat hires Lazzaro as senior reporter

Sage Lazzaro is now a senior reporter at VentureBeat. She joins from Codeword where she was a senior editor. Lazzaro also works as a freelance tech journalist with her work appearing in Wired, OneZero, Vice, VentureBeat, Refinery29, Bustle, The New York Observer, Refinery29 and more. She has also been featured on Vice News Tonight on […]

Wired hires Johnson to cover artificial intelligence

Wired magazine has hired Khari Johnson to cover artificial intelligence. He will start next month Johnson is currently a senior staff writer at VentureBeat, where he has covered artificial intelligence as well as the intersection of ethics and policy as well as advances in natural language processing, computer vision, and deep learning. He has been at VentureBeat […]

Rashid joins VentureBeat as an executive editor

Fahmida Y. Rashid has joined VentureBeat as an executive editor. Rashid also worked as a freelance information security journalist, contributing to publications including Dark Reading, SecurityWeek, IEEE Spectrum, SecurityWeek, Infosecurity Magazine, Daily Beast, Christian Science Monitor PASSCODE, Toms’ Guide, Dice.com, and International Security Media Group (ISMG) publications. She has also written for The Village Voice […]

Executive editor Protalinski departs VentureBeat

Emil Protalinski, the executive editor of VentureBeat, has left the news organization after more than six years. “I’m looking for work. If you know of a publication interested in a hard-working tech editor and journalist, please don’t hesitate to reach out,” he wrote on Twitter. Protalinski started at VentureBeat as a contributing writer in 2014. […]

How VentureBeat kept sponsorship revenue

Kayleigh Barber of Digiday interviewed tech news site VentureBeat vice president of strategic partnerships Gina Joseph on how it kept sponsorship revenue when its events went online. Barber writes, “The company’s annual GameBeat Summit 2020 was set to take place at the end of the month in Los Angeles and as the pandemic grew more […]

VentureBeat seeks a tech reporter

VentureBeat has a job opening for a reporter with experience covering tech news via a wide variety of story types, including breaking news, analysis, and features. We’re looking for a person in the Bay Area but are also open to applications from people in other North American time zones. You have to enjoy covering the […]

VentureBeat beefs up editorial staff

Tech news site VentureBeat has bolstered its edit team with a new managing editor and staff writers on the heels of a $2.6 million equity investment. Bill Mickey of Folio writes, “Jennifer Tsao is the network’s new managing editor. Tsao held previous positions at 1UP Network, Electronic Gaming Monthly and Future U.S. “Mark Sullivan and […]