School
University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise
Consumer technology, Internet culture, Artificial intelligence
- Ian has covered the tech industry for two decades, digging into the likes of Apple, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Facebook.
- Throughout his career, he has sought to deepen discussion on the many ways their products impact our work, life, politics, relationships, and culture.
- Ian also has experience coding in Python, PostgreSQL, PHP, CSS, and many other languages.
Experience
Ian is currently a freelance reporter and editor with many years of professional experience covering the world of tech. He spent nine years at CNET News as a reporter, then executive editor running the West Coast news team, and finally editor-at-large. His work has also been published by The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CBS News, CNN, Reuters, and the Agence France-Presse, among others.
Education
Ian earned bachelor's degrees in history and journalism from UC-Santa Cruz, and then earned a master's degree in journalism from UC-Berkeley.
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