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with Mike Murphy, Arielle Pardes, and Albert Sun; hosted by Sam Apple
  • Saturday, May 18, 2019 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Arts Cafe, Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk


sponsored by: the Povich Journalism Program

hosted by: Sam Apple

rsvp: whalumniweekend@writing.upenn.edu or (215) 746-POEM

How does technology shape the work of reporting? What tech trends matter right now? Is the press doing enough to hold tech giants accountable? Hosted by Penn Creative Writing instructor Sam Apple (contributor to WIRED and MIT Tech Review), three alumni journalists will tackle these topics and more, discussing the role of journalists in covering technology and the ways technology is changing the field. Panelists include Mike Murphy (C’09) a deputy editor at Quartz, Arielle Pardes (C’14), a senior associate editor for WIRED magazine, and Albert Sun (C’10), an assistant editor at The New York Times.

MIKE MURPHY is a deputy editor at Quartz, covering technology. He focuses on "machines with brains" and consumer electronics. He likes to write about the future and the products that will get us there. He graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern and the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to journalism, Murphy worked in advertising and technology marketing. He lives in Brooklyn.

ARIELLE PARDES (C ’14) is a senior associate editor for Wired Magazine. Her work explores the intersection of technology and society, including investigations into the rise of IRL spaces made for Instagram, Silicon Valley’s backlash against personal technology, and the racial identity of robots. Previously, she was a senior editor for VICE in Los Angeles. She now lives in San Francisco.

ALBERT SUN is an Assistant Editor at The New York Times on a team charged with guiding the overall presentation of The New York Times across all platforms and internal newsroom workflow and tools. He leads product development efforts for the Times's publishing on languages other than English and digital archiving. Previously, he worked on the Morning Briefing and as a data journalist and engineer, covering health and science and building news apps.