Anick Jesdanun

Anick "Nick" Jesdanun (c. 1969 – April 2, 2020) was an American technology journalist who rose to become deputy technology editor for The Associated Press (AP). Jesdanun covered technology, especially the internet, for AP for more than twenty years and sought to help readers navigate the relatively new technology, and its impact on daily life, from the 1990s to the 2020s. Jesdanun was the first Associated Press reporter to be assigned as an "internet writer" in the news agency's history.

Jesdanun's parents, Adisak and Orabhin Jesdanun, immigrated to the United States from Thailand. He was originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but was raised in New Jersey. He earned a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College in 1991. After college, Jesdanun was hired as a reporter for the Associated Press, where he remained for his entire professional career. He wrote for the AP's bureaus in Philadelphia (until 1993), Harrisburg and Washington D.C.. He then moved to the AP's headquarters in New York City, where he became the agency's first internet writer in history.

In a piece written in 2000, Jesdanun predicted that devices connected to the internet would be able to track a user's location years before the technology became widely available in consumer products. In recent years, Jesdanun released a series of humorous, informative videos called the AP's "Tech Tests," where he demonstrated and tested new consumer technology and tech products, such as the Apple iPhone's facial recognition system in 2017.

Anick Jesdanun died from COVID-19 at a New York City hospital on April 2, 2020, at the age of 51. According to family and colleagues, Jesdanun had no underlying health problems before becoming ill with coronovirus. A resident of the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan, Jesdanun had run more than 83 marathons worldwide, a hobby he began in his 30s, including fifteen New York City Marathons. He was survived by his parents, brother, and nieces and nephews.