Annalee Newitz

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Annalee Newitz (born May 7, 1969) is an American journalist, editor, and author of both fiction and nonfiction, who has written for the periodicals ''Popular Science'' and ''Wired''. From 1999 to 2008, Newitz wrote a syndicated weekly column called ''Techsploitation'', and from 2000 to 2004 was the culture editor of the ''San Francisco Bay Guardian''. In 2004, Newitz became a policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. With Charlie Jane Anders, they also co-founded ''Other'' magazine, a periodical that ran from 2002 to 2007. From 2008 to 2015, Newitz was editor-in-chief of Gawker-owned media venture ''io9'', and subsequently its direct descendant ''Gizmodo'', Gawker's design and technology blog. As of 2019, Newitz is a contributing opinion writer at ''The New York Times''. Provided by Wikipedia