Recode hires Glaser to cover robots and drones

April Glaser

April Glaser has been hired by tech news site Recode to cover robots, drones and smart machines.

She will start on Sept. 19.

“I love reading Recode,” said Glaser in an email to Talking Biz News. “It’s essential for keeping up with the breakneck pace of tech news, which is why I’m thrilled to join the team as their new reporter covering robots and drones. I’m truly fascinated by my new beat.”

Glaser has been writing for Wired magazine under a fellowship.

She previously worked at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Greenspace. She is on the board of a hackerspace in Oakland and used to run an art gallery in Philadelphia.

Glaser has also had bylines in Slate and Gizmodo. She is a Temple University graduate.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.