Spencer Reiss

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], 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
  1. "SpeakerOverlay". Forrester. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  2. "Spencer Reiss". Edge. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. Michele Norris (26 July 2006). "The Ascendance of MySpace". NPR. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  4. 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.
  5. "John Perry Barlow: Is Cyberspace Still Anti-Sovereign?". 12 February 2018.
  6. "Spencer Reiss". Web Summit. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 10 April 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 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Spencer Reiss | Speakers | MIT World". Archived from the original on 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
  11. Wired https://www.wired.com/wiredbizprogram/aboutdisruptive.html#reiss. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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