The evolving relationship between tech companies and the media
Camille Bromley of Columbia Journalism Review interviewed Steven Levy of Wired about the evolving relationship between the media and the tech industry. Here is an excerpt: CB: How would you say access to Silicon Valley folks as a whole has changed over the course of your career? SL: I started in the PC era. The first story I […]
Wired hires Lahut as senior reporter
Wired executive editor Brian Barrett sent out the following on Monday to the staff: Hi all, I’m excited to announce that Jake Lahut will be joining us as a senior writer on the politics desk. In this role, Jake will be covering the Trump White House, particularly the intersection of two distinct groups working to shape its […]
Wired hires Champion as director of multiplatform video
Wired has hired Matthew Champion to be director of multiplatform video. He most recently has been working for Wired and before that The News Movement on a contract basis. He was also editor-in-chief and executive editor for Vice World News EMEA. Before that, he was at BuzzFeed, where he has worked as a weekend editor and deputy world […]
Wired seeks an executive director of audience development
Wired is looking for an experienced, creative, relentless newsroom leader to oversee audience development and content strategy for its editions around the world. Reporting directly to the Global Editorial Director, this role is a senior leadership position within Wired. It requires someone with fast-paced, digital news and reporting experience who can both shape how we […]
Wired hires Robison as senior correspondent
Wired executive editor Brian Barrett shared the following announcement on Monday: Hi all, I’m thrilled to share that Kylie Robison will be joining us as a senior correspondent. In this role, Kylie will be covering the business of AI—what goes on inside the companies shaping the biggest story in tech. In the coming months, she’ll […]
Wired seeks a journalist to start a weekly, premium newsletter
Wired seeks an experienced journalist to helm a weekly, premium newsletter. In this role, you’ll be responsible for producing one must-read newsletter per week in your area of expertise. Coverage areas can vary depending on an applicant’s individual strengths, but should be in a core Wired topic such as politics, Big Tech, artificial intelligence, internet […]
Wired’s Drummond on covering the intersection between tech and politics
Parker Molloy interviewed Wired global editorial director Katie Drummond for The Long Lead about its strategy covering the intersection of technology and government. Here is an excerpt: How has Wired‘s approach to covering tech power players such as Musk and other Silicon Valley names evolved as they’ve become more directly involved in politics? You just can’t have a conversation […]
Wired hires Harmanci as features director
Wired global editorial director Katie Drummond sent the following to the staff: All – Please join me in welcoming Reyhan Harmanci to WIRED as our Features Director. In this role, Reyhan will oversee much of WIRED’s most ambitious work. Of course, that includes our longform narrative storytelling, as well as the US-UK print editions. It also includes […]
Wired hires Taft as senior writer
Tim Marchman, director of politics, science, and security coverage at Wired, sent out the following on Tuesday: I’m delighted to announce that Molly Taft will be joining us as a senior writer covering climate on the science desk starting this coming Monday, March 24. You’ll be familiar with their work from, among other places, Drilled, […]
Wired is dropping its paywall for FOIA-based reporting
Wired is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The Freedom of the Press Foundation writes, “This approach makes a lot of sense from the standpoint of civil duty. They’re called public records for a reason, after all. And access to public documents is more […]
