CNN hires McFarland, Fiegerman to cover tech

Aimee Rawlins, the senior editor at CNN overseeing tech coverage, sent out the following announcement Monday afternoon:

I’m very excited to announce that Matt McFarland and Seth Fiegerman are joining the expanding tech team!

Matt McFarland, Innovation Writer, DC

Matt McFarland will be CNNTech’s innovation writer, based in the DC bureau. He’ll continue the excellent work he did as the editor of the Washington Post’s Innovations blog, where he wrote about new technologies like robots, hoverboards, self-driving cars and drones. He spent nearly a decade at the Post, including stints in the sports and financial departments.

He graduated from Dickinson College and lives in Washington, D.C., where he can be found riding his bike to work or playing tennis. He also has a newfound interest in cooking dishes from around the world.

Matt starts today, and will be up in the NY office in a few weeks to meet everyone. Until then, he’s on Twitter at @mattmcfarland.

Seth Fiegerman, Big Tech Writer, NYC

Seth Fiegerman will be CNNTech’s Big Tech writer, based in the NYC bureau. He has spent the past four years as the senior business reporter for Mashable, covering the biggest tech companies and startups shaping our lives. He wrote definitively on Google’s failed attempt to kill Facebook, the stumbles and desperation of Twitter’s staff in the year after going public, and Reddit’s strange, turbulent history. Before joining Mashable, Seth worked at Business Insider, TheStreet and Playboy (for the articles, really).

Seth spends most of his free time bike riding, trying to cook the perfect steak, writing sappy songs on his acoustic guitar and trying to pacify the massive Maine Coon cat/overlord in his house. Hopefully the cat likes CNN.

Seth starts on Wednesday, June 29 — follow him on Twitter in the meantime (@sfiegerman)!