Adam Penenberg, a journalism professor at New York University, has joined tech news site PandoDaily as editor.
“It’s not only rare to find someone this talented who is willing to gamble on a small startup. As an entrepreneur, it’s rare to find someone who is so aligned. Penenberg and I became fast friends, because we view the world, technology, and journalism in very similar ways. We both have reverence for what worked in old media, but believe the future of journalism is about tearing down what doesn’t work. We both prize good reporting above anything else. The holes he sees in our site are the same holes I see. And we also see the same big opportunity. As he wrote in his first email to the staff last week:
‘Trust me, opportunities to help build unique, influential, and important media companies don’t come around often. For me, the last time was in 1997, when I joined Forbes.com, one of the first Web-based news outlets. I was hired because I was the only one with online news experience, which consisted of four months covering breaking news for Wired.com. Here we are 15 years later and I sense a similar chance to make a difference.'”
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