David Hamilton

Current

• Senior Editor, BNET Industries at CBS Interactive

Past

• Senior editor, BNET Industries at BNET
• Contributing Author at VentureBeat
• Business and Medical Writer at Freelance

• Staff Reporter at Wall Street Journal
• Staff Reporter at Science Magazine
• Reporter-Researcher at The New Republic

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Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Wheaton Central HS

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Connections

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Blog

David Hamilton’s Summary

Currently herding cats as blog wrangler for BNET Industries, a CBS Interactive site devoted to blog-based coverage of 11 industry sectors. Author of the BNET Healthcare blog.

My capsule bio: Former Wall Street Journal reporter with 17 years of newspaper and magazine experience covering science, technology, business, economics and politics. Skilled at exploring complex issues of public significance and crafting narratives involving affected individuals and institutions. Knowledgeable on a range of technical subjects. Operates well on tight deadlines and experienced in helping other writers hone story ideas and drafts. Comfortable with Internet-media culture and technologies.

David Hamilton’s Specialties:

Writing, editing, interviewing and research (online and archival). Organization and presentation of complex or technical material. Public speaking.

David Hamilton’s Experience

• Senior Editor, BNET Industries

  CBS Interactive

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  Building a new blog-based business news-and-analysis network at BNET Industries.

• Senior editor, BNET Industries

  BNET

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  March 2008 — October 2008 (8 months)

  Wrangling 11 blogs covering industries from advertising and autos to retail and travel for this CBS Interactive site. Author of BNET Healthcare blog.

• Contributing Author

  VentureBeat

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  April 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 2 months)

• Business and Medical Writer

  Freelance

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  Contributing author at VentureBeat LifeScience (lifescience.venturebeat.com), part of the expanding VentureBeat empire.
  
  Freelance writing assignments include Slate, Men's Journal, Best Life, California Lawyer and others.

• Staff Reporter

  Wall Street Journal

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DJ; Newspapers industry)

  November 1992 — December 2006 (14 years 2 months)

  From 2001 to 2006, covered biotechnology and advanced computing in the Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau. Published detailed and provocative pieces on legal gamesmanship by leading biotech companies, the economic value of the biotechnology industry, and neglected diseases.
  
  From 1999 to 2001, covered computers, software and semiconductors from the San Francisco bureau. Narrative pieces on Intel's development of a new microprocessor, the collapse of the dot-com bubble.
  
  From 1992 1998, covered Japanese technology, politics and economics from the paper's Tokyo bureau. Provided award-winning coverage of bureaucratic bungling that created a nationwide AIDS scandal and contributed to a decade of economic stagnation.

• Staff Reporter

  Science Magazine

  (Non-Profit; Publishing industry)

  June 1990 — November 1992 (2 years 6 months)

  As a reporter for the news staff, covered federal science policy in Congress, NIH, DOE and other agencies. Led coverage of burgeoning allegations of scientific fraud and misconduct.

• Reporter-Researcher

  The New Republic

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  September 1989 — May 1990 (9 months)

David Hamilton’s Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  BS/MS , Electrical Engineering , 1984 — 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  Theta Xi, The Tech, UROP, intramural soccer & hockey, freshman fencing

• Wheaton Central HS

Additional Information

David Hamilton’s Websites:

• My Blog

David Hamilton’s Groups:

BayBio, Health 2.0 conference

•    ThoseinMedia
•    Healthcare & Science Journalist
•    Linked Journalists
•    Health Wonk Review

David Hamilton’s Honors:

Two time recipient of the Overseas Press Club Award

David Hamilton’s Contact Settings

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