Simonite moves to editing role at Wired
Wired senior writer Tom Simonite has moved to a role editing business stories at the magazine. He has been at Wired since June 2017. In Simonite’s role as senior writer, focused on artificial intelligence and its vast potential to shape the future. Simonite joined Wired from MIT Technology Review, where he served as San Francisco bureau chief. He has […]
Wired union reaches first contract agreement
The Wired union, a unit of The News Guild of New York, which represents more than 55 workers at the technology magazine, reached an agreement on a first contract with management late Monday night. Jon Schleuss of The News Guild writes, “The culmination of nearly 14 months of bargaining, the agreement allows the company to avoid […]
Wired union members threaten to strike
The union representing roughly 65 editorial workers at tech magazine Wired is threatening to strike for two days if it can’t reach a contract agreement with Condé Nast management by July 12, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “The workers are threatening a work stoppage on July 12 and 13, which are Amazon Prime Days. Those […]
Wired is looking for writers
Time for my semi-regular call for pitches for Wired Ideas! Right now, I’m particularly interested in pieces related to democracy and governance, abortion, and future of work. ABOUT THE COMPANY WIRED seeks to illuminate how technology is changing every aspect of our lives—from culture to business, science to design. It is the essential source of […]
Wired appoints Harrington to cover labor and workplace
Caitlin Harrington is now covering labor, workplace and the future of both for Wired. She has 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 at and was an editorial fellow at San Francisco […]
Volpicelli to cover intersection of tech and society for Wired
Gian M. Volpicelli has joined Wired’s all-new English-language newsroom as a senior writer covering cryptocurrency, politics, crypto-politics, regulation and everything happening at the intersection of tech and society. He has previously served as a contributing editor and senior editor at Wired. He was also an intern/researcher and has freelanced for Vice Media. He has also […]
Meaker joins Wired as senior European business writer
Wired has hired Morgan Meaker as its senior European business writer covering innovation across Europe. She was previously at The Telegram, where she has worked as a technology reporter and most recently, as a business reporter. She has also worked freelance for Wired, BBC News, The Guardian, Reuters, Politico, Financial Times, DR – Danmarks radio […]
Burgess to become Wired senior writer
Matt Burgess has taken on the role of senior writer on the security desk of Wired, reporting on data, privacy, surveillance and regulation. He has previously served as a staff writer, acting commissioning editor, senior editor and then as deputy digital editor at Wired. He was also deputy editor of the technology website and digital […]
FT hires Bernal as deputy tech news editor
The Financial Times has hired Natasha Bernal as deputy technology news editor. She joins from Wired UK, where she was a business editor. Before that, she was a technology intelligence reporter at The Telegraph and was a news editor at TheLawyer.com. She has also worked as a reporter and then as a projects editor at […]
Turk joins Rest of World as features director
Rest of World has hired Victoria Turk as features director. She recently served as features editor at Wired UK, commissioning and editing Wired UK’s long-form features across print and digital among other tasks. She was also a technology editor at New Scientist and has served as UK editor, Motherboard at Vice. She has also worked […]
