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 […]
STAT News hires Molteni from Wired
Wired staff writer Megan Molteni has ben hired by STAT News. She will start next month. Molteni will cover the biology revolution, including big DNA data, genetic medicine and Crispr. At Wired, she has been covering biotechnology, public health, and genetic privacy. Previously, she freelanced as a reporter, audio producer, and fact-checker. Her work has appeared in Popular Science, […]
New Wired editor Lichfield says goodbye to MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review editor in chief Gideon Lichfield, who is becoming the editorial director at Wired, sent out the following to the MIT Tech Review staff on Friday: Hi everyone, On December 4, 2017, my first official day at MIT Technology Review, with the magazine just two days from closing, I decided the cover story was […]
What happened after a Wired reporter sold an NFT for $500
Wired senior writer Kate Knibbs writes about what happened after she sold an NFT — nonfungible token — of one of her tweets for $500. Knibbs writes, “After I sold my tweet NFT, a flurry of writer pals messaged me eagerly, asking how to do it. Shortly after that, several WIRED editors messaged me—considerably less eagerly—because […]
Wired names Lichfield its editorial director
MIT Technology Review editor in chief Gideon Lichfield has been named editorial director of Wired magazine. He replaces Nicholas Thompson, who left to run The Atlantic. Lichfield will start on March 22. “Wired is iconic, and it’s been pivotal to shaping technology’s place in the culture,” said Lichfield in a statement. “I’m proud of the work I’ve […]
The Atlantic hires Wired, Engadget journalists
The Atlantic has hired journalists from Wired magazine and tech news site Engadget. Daniel Engber is joining the science desk, and comes from Wired. Chris Ip joins the culture section after most recently editing features at Engadget. Engber joins the staff from Wired, where he was the ideas editor. Prior to Wired, Engber was a […]
Wired editor candidates include Patel, Greenwell
Candidates to become the next editor in chief of Wired magazine include Nilay Patel, the editor in chief of The Verge, and Wired.com editor Megan Greenwell, report Katie Robertson and Marc Tracy of The New York Times. Past editor Nicholas Thompson is leaving to become the chief executive officer of The Atlantic. Patel was a co-founder of The Verge and the site’s first managing […]
“Get Wired” podcast staff contracts not renewed
The union that represents Wired staffers sent out the following announcement: In late December, the production team behind the Get WIRED podcast, which launched in July, learned that their new contracts were not being renewed and that they were no longer employed by Conde Nast. The WIRED Union is angry and deeply saddened by Conde […]
Browne joins Wired UK as a science reporter
Grace Browne has joined Wired UK as a staff science reporter. Previously, Browne was a contributing writer for the online news publication Inverse. She has also written for New Scientist, Hakai magazine, BBC Future, Undark, The Scientist and others. Browne graduated from University College of Dublin with a B.S. in neuroscience; and received a Master’s […]
How Wired is boosting circulation revenue
Kayleigh Barber of Digiday reports about how Wired is using Black Friday and Cyber Monday to boost its circulation revenue. Barber writes, “Beyond increasing the amount that the Condé Nast technology title earns off of referring its readers to various products to buy on the internet, Wired also made sure to capitalize on its readers propensity […]
