Writer and editor / Technology journalist
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Senior Editor at Wired
- Publisher at tinywords
- Freelance writer and editor at Tweney Media (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Editorial Director, PCMagcast at Ziff Davis Media
- Executive Editor at Mobile magazine
- Senior Editor / Columnist at InfoWorld
- Associate Editor at PC/Computing
- Assistant Editor at PC Computing
- Education
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- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Williams College
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Dylan Tweney’s Summary
High-tech journalist with 15 years' experience making complicated science and technology understandable to general and business audiences. Experienced developer, launcher and curator of new content products in text, audio and video. Top-notch word wrangler. Broad and deep understanding of computer, mobile, and internet technologies.
Dylan Tweney’s Specialties:
Writing, editing, reporting, journalism, information technology, computers, Internet business, content management
Dylan Tweney’s Experience
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Senior Editor
Wired
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
2007 — Present (1 year)
I currently edit business, technology, and science coverage for Wired.com, manage several reporters, and contribute to the Epicenter, Gadget Lab, and Wired Science blogs. I also created and continue to produce the weekly Gadget Lab podcast.
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Publisher
tinywords
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Publishing industry)
September 2000 — Present (7 years 9 months)
tinywords publishes one haiku every weekday, on the web and via email and SMS. We deliver haiku to 3,000 subscribers around the world daily, and have published some of the world's leading haiku poets as well as complete beginners. The short messages are ideal for text messaging and SMS cell phones.
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Freelance writer and editor
Tweney Media (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Publishing industry)
September 1999 — Present (8 years 9 months)
Science and technology journalist, writing for a variety of publications including Technology Review, Business 2.0, PC World, CIO Magazine, InfoWorld, eWeek, SFGate, the San Francisco Chronicle, and more.
From 2000 through 2002 I wrote "The Defogger," a weekly (online) and monthly (print) column for Time Inc.'s then-startup magazine, eCompany Now / Business 2.0.
I have also performed contract content management, editing, and writing services for clients including Cisco, Kinko's, TeaLeaf, and RLG. -
Editorial Director, PCMagcast
Ziff Davis Media
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)
May 2006 — March 2007 (11 months)
As part of the startup team, I was responsible for all editorial content of PCMagcast, an online channel for web seminars and online events on technology topics. We produced live webcasts (aka "webinars") and interactive virtual tradeshows, as well as short how-to videos.
As editorial director, I set the editorial vision for PCMagCast, created the edit calendar, recruited speakers, produced video segments, wrote and edited all copy -- from event scripts to website and direct marketing copy), and bore ultimate responsibility for all editorial event content. In addition I moderated many panels and appeared on-screen in our instructional videos. -
Executive Editor
Mobile magazine
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
September 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 1 month)
I was the number two editor at Mobile, a monthly magazine covering the whole gamut of mobile technology, including notebook computers, tablets, PDAs, cell phones, digital cameras, and more. I wrote, assigned, and edited news stories, reviews, and features. Mobile had a circulation of almost 200,000 nationwide, and was part of Future Network USA (formerly known as Imagine Media).
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Senior Editor / Columnist
InfoWorld
(Publishing industry)
1996 — 1999 (3 years)
Over the course of three years at InfoWorld, I held a number of positions, including reviews editor, news section editor, and content development manager. In addition, I wrote the popular weekly "Net Prophet" column from 1997-1999, which covered the emerging world of e-commerce.
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Associate Editor
PC/Computing
(Publishing industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year)
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Assistant Editor
PC Computing
(Publishing industry)
1991 — 1993 (2 years)
Dylan Tweney’s Education
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University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A., Religious Studies, August 1993 — March 1995
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Williams College
B.A., Religion, September 1986 — June 1991
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Dylan Tweney’s Honors:
No man is an island, and no editor wins solo awards. However, the editorial products I've written, produced and edited have won a few journalism awards: SABEW (2008), Folio (2007), Maggie (1996 and 1998), ASBPE (1996).
