Wired seeks a multiplatform producer in London
The Producer, Multiplatform is responsible for creating vertical videos from ideation to delivery and across multiple platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, WIRED.com, and other emerging social platforms. This role will both curate archival assets and create original video, working closely with WIRED’s integrated US/UK newsrooms to identify reporting across our verticals that has the […]
Wired seeks an editor to lead business and industry coverage
Wired is seeking an experienced editor to lead our business and industry reporting. Reporting to Wired’s executive editor for news, this is a senior management position with oversight of 12+ reporters and editors across our US and UK teams. In this role, you will be responsible for both the big picture and the smaller details. […]
News editor Temperton among the Wired layoffs
News editor James Temperton has been laid off at Wired magazine. “I can’t thank my colleagues enough for all the incredible work, the compassion, and the support,” he wrote on LinkedIn. He has been based in Montreal for the past two years and previously served as deputy editor. Before that, he held the posts of reporter, acting […]
CalMatters hires Johnson as its first tech reporter
Khari Johnson has been hired by CalMatters to be its first technology reporter. He will start later this month. He most recently has been at Wired magazine covering artificial intelligence. Johnson previously was a senior staff writer at VentureBeat, where he has covered artificial intelligence as well as the intersection of ethics and policy as well […]
Wired names Barrett its executive editor
Wired global editorial director Katie Drummond sent out the following on Monday: All – I’m thrilled to share two very exciting updates about WIRED’s leadership team. First up: Brian Barrett is returning to WIRED, his one true and rightful home, as our executive editor. Brian will jump right into the mix when he starts on January 16th, overseeing […]
The lack of optimism in Wired magazine about technology
Om Malik, the founder of tech news site GigaOm, writes about the lack of optimism about technology in Wired magazine. Malik writes, “What confounds me is that technology-first publications such as Wired, and technology-first writing communities seem to have little enthusiasm for technology and change. Now, more than ever, we have so many converging trends […]
Wired layoffs total 20, SFGate reports
The layoffs at Wired magazine totaled 20 staffers, reports Stephen Council of SFGate.com. Council reports, “Condé Nast, Wired’s corporate owner, told employees in early November the media giant would be laying off about 5% of its wider workforce. But last Thursday Wired’s reporters, editors and other staffers learned the cuts would be more sweeping, with at least […]
Guest departs Wired for Coda Story
Peter Guest, acting business editor for Wired in London, is now senior editor at Coda Story. Before Wired, he was the enterprise editor at Rest of World in Singapore and features editor at Nikkei Asia in Tokyo. He has written for Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic, GQ, the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and MIT Technology Review. In 2022, he won a Society […]
Labor and workplace reporter Harrington departs Wired
Wired labor and workplace reporter Caitlin Harrington was among the 19 staffers laid off by the Conde Nast publication. She joined two years ago, Harrington had previously served as a research fellow and research editor at the company. She also worked as a freelance copywriter and copy editor at Viator in San Francisco. She has also interned […]
Space writer Skibba departing Wired
Ramin Skibba, a writer at Wired, is among those leaving the Conde Nast publication. As Wired’s space writer, he covered space scientists, space environmentalists, space politics, space conflicts, and the space industry, from launch to re-entry. Prior to joining Wired, Skibba freelanced for Scientific American, The Atlantic, Undark magazine, Slate, and other magazines, and before […]
