Spencer Reiss
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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 was responsible for covered energy issues, new media, commercial space travel, and the human impact of technology. He has also been also a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and MIT Technology Review.[2]
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.[5] From 2017 to 2012, Reiss also directed the program for the annual Monaco Media Forum held in Monte Carlo.[6] More recently he directed the program for Business Insider's annual IGNITION conference in New York City.[7] Since 2015, he has been senior adviser and 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 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.
- ^ "John Perry Barlow: Is Cyberspace Still Anti-Sovereign?". 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Spencer Reiss". Web Summit. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "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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- Living people
- 1952 births
- People from Salisbury, Connecticut
- Dartmouth College alumni
- Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
- Wired (magazine) people
- Newsweek people
- 20th-century American journalists
- American male journalists
- American journalist, 1950s birth stubs