Spencer Reiss
Spencer Reiss (born 1952 in New York) is a former Newsweek foreign correspondent in Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America, now a contributing editor at Wired magazine.[1][2][3][4] He began working for Wired as a senior editor in San Francisco in 1996.[1] He is responsible for covering energy issues, new media, commercial space travel, and the impact technology is having on humans. He is also a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and MIT Technology Review.[2] Reiss also directed the program for the annual Monaco Media Forum held in Monte Carlo.[5]
In 1995, as managing editor of the pioneering Internet project "24 Hours in Cyberspace," Reiss commissioned John Perry Barlow to write the celebrated Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace.[6] More recently he directs the program for Business Insider's annual IGNITION conference in New York City.[7] He is also master of ceremonies at Viva Technology[8][circular reference], a global startup & innovation conference held annually in June in Paris.[9]
Personal
Reiss obtained degrees from Dartmouth College (A.B., History) and Columbia University (M.S., Journalism).[10] He now lives in Salisbury, Connecticut United States.[11]
References
- ^ a b "SpeakerOverlay". Forrester. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Spencer Reiss". Edge. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ Michele Norris (26 July 2006). "The Ascendance of MySpace". NPR. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ David Armstrong (2 January 1996). "COMPUTERS IN THE '90S / LIFE IN CYBERSPACE / The Human Face of Cyberspace SEE SIDEBAR: Cyber-Adventures Wanted". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ "Spencer Reiss". Web Summit. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/march-april-2006-can-we-know-everything/cyberspace-still-anti-sovereign
- ^ "Spencer Reiss and Advisory Board of Digital Gurus Join IGNITION 2013".
- ^ Viva Technology
- ^ http://www.terasrl.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/PARIGI.pdf
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
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