Alexia Tsotsis: The Role of Media in the Technology Industry and Beyond

source: Stanford    2017年1月9日
Alexia Tsotsis is a journalist and the former editor of TechCrunch, the leading tech industry news publication. Prior to TechCrunch, Alexia worked at both LA Weekly and SF Weekly.
In this fireside chat, Alexia examines the role of both the tech media, and the press as a whole, exploring the ways in which journalists can both contribute to and rally against Silicon Valley’s prevailing trends and opinions. The editor of a disruptive publication during an era when journalism itself has been under threat, Alexia offers numerous insights into the future direction, and role, of the media.

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