Annalee Newitz
Encyclopedia
Annalee Newitz is an American
journalist
who covers the cultural impact of science and technology
. She received a PhD in English and American Studies from UC Berkeley, and in 1997 published the widely cited book, White Trash: Race and Class in America. From 2004–2005 she was a policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
. She writes for many periodicals from Popular Science
to Wired
, and from 1999 to 2008 wrote a syndicated weekly column called Techsploitation. She co-founded other magazine in 2002, which was published triannually until 2007. Since 2008, she is editor-in-chief of io9
, a Gawker-owned science fiction blog, which was named in 2010 by The Times
as one of the top science blogs on the internet.
and her father at community college
— and grew up in Irvine, California
. She once called herself "biethnic" because her father is Jewish and her mother is a white Southerner and former Methodist.
She graduated from Irvine High School, and in 1987 moved to Berkeley, California
. In 1996, Newitz started doing some of her own freelance writing, and in 1998, she received a PhD
in English and American Studies from UC Berkeley, with a dissertation on images of monsters, psychopaths, and capitalism in twentieth century American popular culture (later published as a book ). She worked briefly as an adjunct professor, and in 1999 became a fulltime writer and journalist.
In 2002, she was awarded a Knight Science Journalism Fellow
ship, and was a research fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
. From 2004-2005 she was a policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
, and from 2007-2009 she was on the board of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
.
She is partners with author
Charlie Anders
. The couple co-founded other magazine, a tri-annual periodical which ran from 2002 to 2007, and was described as "pop culture and politics for the new outcast". In 2008, Gawker media asked Newitz to start a blog about science and science fiction, which was dubbed io9
. Newitz has remained editor-in-chief since its founding, and in 2010, io9 was named one of the top 30 science blogs by The Times
.
, Wired, Salon.com
, New Scientist
, Metro Silicon Valley, the San Francisco Bay Guardian
(as the culture editor), and AlterNet
. She is the editor-in-chief at io9
, a science blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media
. She has discussed her work on CNN
, The New York Times
, NPR
, G4
, the BBC
, and the CBC
,a written for the San Francisco Chronicle
and Washington Post, and she is a regular lecturer at various colleges and conferences.
United States
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journalist
Journalist
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who covers the cultural impact of science and technology
Science and technology
Science and technology is a term of art used to encompass the relationship between science and technology. It frequently appears within titles of academic disciplines and government offices.-See also:...
. She received a PhD in English and American Studies from UC Berkeley, and in 1997 published the widely cited book, White Trash: Race and Class in America. From 2004–2005 she was a policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States...
. She writes for many periodicals from Popular Science
Popular Science
Popular Science is an American monthly magazine founded in 1872 carrying articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the ASME awards for its journalistic excellence in both 2003 and 2004...
to Wired
Wired (magazine)
Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...
, and from 1999 to 2008 wrote a syndicated weekly column called Techsploitation. She co-founded other magazine in 2002, which was published triannually until 2007. Since 2008, she is editor-in-chief of io9
Io9
io9 is a blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media. The blog focuses on the subjects of science fiction, futurism, and advancements in the fields of science and technology....
, a Gawker-owned science fiction blog, which was named in 2010 by The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
as one of the top science blogs on the internet.
Biography
Newitz was born in 1969, the daughter of two English teachers — her mother teaching high schoolHigh school
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and her father at community college
Community college
A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries.-Australia:Community colleges carry on the tradition of adult education, which was established in Australia around mid 19th century when evening classes were held to help adults...
— and grew up in Irvine, California
Irvine, California
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. She once called herself "biethnic" because her father is Jewish and her mother is a white Southerner and former Methodist.
She graduated from Irvine High School, and in 1987 moved to Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
. In 1996, Newitz started doing some of her own freelance writing, and in 1998, she received a PhD
PHD
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in English and American Studies from UC Berkeley, with a dissertation on images of monsters, psychopaths, and capitalism in twentieth century American popular culture (later published as a book ). She worked briefly as an adjunct professor, and in 1999 became a fulltime writer and journalist.
In 2002, she was awarded a Knight Science Journalism Fellow
Fellow
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ship, and was a research fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. From 2004-2005 she was a policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States...
, and from 2007-2009 she was on the board of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility is a global organization promoting the responsible use of computer technology. in 1983 . It educates policymakers and the public on a wide range of issues...
.
She is partners with author
Author
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Charlie Anders
Charlie Anders
Charlie Jane Anders is an American transgender fiction author and commentator.She has written several books and is the publisher of other magazine, the "magazine of pop culture and politics for the new outcasts", she was winner of a 2005 Lambda Literary Award and a 2009 Emperor Norton Award...
. The couple co-founded other magazine, a tri-annual periodical which ran from 2002 to 2007, and was described as "pop culture and politics for the new outcast". In 2008, Gawker media asked Newitz to start a blog about science and science fiction, which was dubbed io9
Io9
io9 is a blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media. The blog focuses on the subjects of science fiction, futurism, and advancements in the fields of science and technology....
. Newitz has remained editor-in-chief since its founding, and in 2010, io9 was named one of the top 30 science blogs by The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
.
Works
Newitz's work has been published in Popular SciencePopular Science
Popular Science is an American monthly magazine founded in 1872 carrying articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the ASME awards for its journalistic excellence in both 2003 and 2004...
, Wired, Salon.com
Salon.com
Salon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online liberal magazine, with content updated each weekday. Salon was founded by David Talbot and launched on November 20, 1995. It was the internet's first online-only commercial publication. The magazine focuses on U.S...
, New Scientist
New Scientist
New Scientist is a weekly non-peer-reviewed English-language international science magazine, which since 1996 has also run a website, covering recent developments in science and technology for a general audience. Founded in 1956, it is published by Reed Business Information Ltd, a subsidiary of...
, Metro Silicon Valley, the San Francisco Bay Guardian
San Francisco Bay Guardian
The San Francisco Bay Guardian is a free alternative newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California. The paper is owned mostly by its publisher, Bruce B...
(as the culture editor), and AlterNet
AlterNet
AlterNet, a project of the non-profit Independent Media Institute, is a progressive/liberal activist news service. Launched in 1998, AlterNet now claims a readership of over 3 million visitors per month .AlterNet publishes original content as well as journalism from a wide variety of other sources...
. She is the editor-in-chief at io9
Io9
io9 is a blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media. The blog focuses on the subjects of science fiction, futurism, and advancements in the fields of science and technology....
, a science blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media
Gawker Media
Gawker Media is an American online media company and blog network, founded and owned by Nick Denton based in New York City. It is considered to be one of the most visible and successful blog-oriented media companies. , it is the parent company for 11 different weblogs: Gawker.com, Fleshbot,...
. She has discussed her work on CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
, G4
G4 (TV channel)
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, the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, and the CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
,a written for the San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
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and Washington Post, and she is a regular lecturer at various colleges and conferences.
Periodicals
- (creator, founding editor) io9.com, 2008
- (co-founder) other magazine, 2002
- (co-founder) Bad SubjectsBad SubjectsBad Subjects is a research collaborative that operate generally out of California, United States under the name "Bad Subjects" as part of the open access electronic publishing cooperative EServer.org...
, 1992, touted as the first leftist publication on the Internet (originally published via gopher)
Articles
- "Five Ways The Google Book Settlement Will Change The Future of Reading (io9.com, 2010)
- "Why Did Nearly All Life On Earth Die 250 Million Years Ago?" (io9.com, 2010)
- "When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like Avatar?" (io9.com, 2009)
- "How I Bought Votes on Digg" (Wired News, 2007)
- "Code of the Caveman -- New DNA Mapping Techniques Reveal the Secrets of Extinct Neanderthals" (Wired, 2006)
- "The RFID Hacking Underground" (Wired, 2005)
- "Why We All Need Pornography" (New Scientist, 2005)
- "The Conlangers Art -- Language Inventors Talk a New World Into Being One Language at a Time" (The Believer, 2005)
- "Sorry, Your Vote Has Been Lost, Hacked, Miscast, Recorded Twice -- The Trouble with E-voting" (Popular Science, 2004)
Books
- (co-editor, with Charlie AndersCharlie AndersCharlie Jane Anders is an American transgender fiction author and commentator.She has written several books and is the publisher of other magazine, the "magazine of pop culture and politics for the new outcasts", she was winner of a 2005 Lambda Literary Award and a 2009 Emperor Norton Award...
) She's Such a Geek (Seal Press, 2006) - Pretend We're Dead: Capitalist Monsters in American Pop Culture (Duke University Press, 2006)
- The Bad Subjects Anthology (New York University Press, 1998)
- White Trash: Race and Class in America (Routledge Press, 1997)
Short stories
- The Great Oxygen Race (Hilobrow magazine, 2010)
- The Gravity Fetishist (FlurbFlurbFlurb is a science fiction webzine, edited by noted science fiction author Rudy Rucker. In addition to short stories, Flurb features paintings and photography by Rucker. It is released biannually...
magazine, 2010)
External links
- Official site
- Annalee Newitz at AlterNetAlterNetAlterNet, a project of the non-profit Independent Media Institute, is a progressive/liberal activist news service. Launched in 1998, AlterNet now claims a readership of over 3 million visitors per month .AlterNet publishes original content as well as journalism from a wide variety of other sources...
- io9. We come from the future.
- Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders read from "She's Such A Geek": Authors@Google
- Interview At the 23C3