Clive Thompson (journalist)
Encyclopedia
Clive Thompson is a Canadian freelance journalist, blog
ger and science and technology
writer.
Thompson graduated from the University of Toronto with majors in political science and English. He previously worked for Canada's Report on Business magazine and Shift magazine, then became a freelance contributor for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Lingua Franca, Wired, Shift, Entertainment Weekly and several other publications.
Thompson writes about digital technologies and their social and cultural impact for a number of publications, including the New York Times Magazine and Wired
.
In 2002, he was awarded a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT.
Thompson's blog, Collision Detection, started in 2002 and attracts over 3000 hits a day.
Thompson is married to New York Magazine TV critic Emily Nussbaum and lives in Brooklyn
.
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
ger and science and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
writer.
Thompson graduated from the University of Toronto with majors in political science and English. He previously worked for Canada's Report on Business magazine and Shift magazine, then became a freelance contributor for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Lingua Franca, Wired, Shift, Entertainment Weekly and several other publications.
Thompson writes about digital technologies and their social and cultural impact for a number of publications, including the New York Times Magazine and Wired
Wired (magazine)
Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...
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In 2002, he was awarded a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT.
Thompson's blog, Collision Detection, started in 2002 and attracts over 3000 hits a day.
Thompson is married to New York Magazine TV critic Emily Nussbaum and lives in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
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Articles
- Brave New World of Digital Intimacy, 5 Sep 2008, New York Times
- The Ecology of Stress, 5 Sep 2010, New York Times