GeekWire promotes Soper to managing editor

Seattle-based tech news site GeekWire has hired Taylor Soper as its first managing editor.

Founders John Cook and Todd Bishop write, “Taylor will work with GeekWire editor and co-founder Todd Bishop, helping to identify, assign and edit stories, coordinate coverage, overseeing editorial social media and analyzing our audience and traffic patterns to identify new opportunities to engage our audience on a deeper level.

“In this new role, Taylor will continue to oversee and coordinate our Seattle and Pacific Northwest startup coverage, working with reporters across the team to boost our focus on this core coverage area. He will continue to do some reporting and writing of his own, as well.

“We’re excited about the opportunity this unlocks for our news coverage. It’s especially fun to see Taylor step up into this role more than six years after he joined us as our first staff reporter. Taylor is a Portland, Ore., native and University of Washington journalism and business grad.

“‘My goal is to help us produce top-notch journalism for our growing audience, especially the loyal readers and those in the local community,’ Taylor wrote in a note to the team. ‘For me, success in this new role means an energized newsroom with kickass reporters who love coming to work and are committed to our core values.'”

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