Guardian tech journo Bobbie Johnson moving to San Francisco
August 19th, 2008 by Wendy McAuliffe
News has crossed the Twitter-sphere that Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent for The Guardian, is moving to San Francisco at the start of September, to report from the heart of Silicon Valley.
If, like me, you sit within the technology/digital industry, you might be interested to read Bobbie’s explanation for his move on his blog, here.
His move offers some hints at how the Guardian tech news agenda might be shifting over coming months, at a time when the UK is heading for economic gloom: “I arrive in the middle of an almost-perfect storm; in the midst of an election cycle, and at a time when the Silicon Valley scene is (arguably) more powerful than ever. There’s a boom on, and lots of interesting things taking place. It’s an incredibly exciting time, and I’m privileged to be given the chance to help the Guardian push further out into the US and into the technology sector…Our coverage - which is also provided by my colleagues who’ll remain in the UK - won’t be all about the Valley, but I will be able to offer up a view from the heartland of the hi-tech industry - one that we haven’t had before.”
I’ve predicted for a while that UK journalists will increasingly need to focus more on analysis/feature writing, and less on news reporting, and so I’ll be keen to see how the Guardian makes best use of its new San Fran stringer!
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