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Spencer Reiss at Monaco Media Forum 2008

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[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.
  • ^ a b "Spencer Reiss". Edge. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  • ^ Michele Norris (July 26, 2006). "The Ascendance of MySpace". NPR. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ "John Perry Barlow: Is Cyberspace Still Anti-Sovereign?". February 12, 2018.
  • ^ "Spencer Reiss". Web Summit. Archived from the original on March 8, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  • ^ "Spencer Reiss and Advisory Board of Digital Gurus Join IGNITION 2013".
  • ^ Viva Technology
  • ^ "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)
  • ^ "Spencer Reiss | Speakers | MIT World". Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  • ^ "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.

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