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Spencer Reiss

Summary

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]

Spencer Reiss at Monaco Media Forum 2008

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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ a b "SpeakerOverlay". Forrester. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Spencer Reiss". Edge. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  3. ^ Michele Norris (July 26, 2006). "The Ascendance of MySpace". NPR. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  4. ^ David Armstrong (January 2, 1996). "COMPUTERS IN THE '90S / LIFE IN CYBERSPACE / The Human Face of Cyberspace SEE SIDEBAR: Cyber-Adventures Wanted". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  5. ^ "John Perry Barlow: Is Cyberspace Still Anti-Sovereign?". February 12, 2018.
  6. ^ "Spencer Reiss". Web Summit. Archived from the original on March 8, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  7. ^ "Spencer Reiss and Advisory Board of Digital Gurus Join IGNITION 2013".
  8. ^ Viva Technology
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 22, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Spencer Reiss | Speakers | MIT World". Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  11. ^ "Wired Interviewers". Wired. Archived from the original on October 24, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2023. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Columbia University, he lives in Salisbury, Connecticut.