JOHN MARKOFF TO JOIN NYT SCIENCE ADDITION

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

JOHN MARKOFF TO JOIN SCIENCE

[Announcement from The New York Times:]

John Markoff, whose trailblazing work for The Times is a virtual  
history of the computer age, is taking an exciting new assignment.  
John is switching from Business Day to Science, where he will write  
widely and deeply about the impact of computer science in every modern  
endeavor.

One of the more alarming areas John will explore -- you don't even  
want to know -- is cyberwarfare and cybersecurity. He will cover, too,  
advances in computational science that are transforming the pursuit of  
other kinds of science. And he will peer into the future of computing  
to tell us how our everyday lives may change.

Another important part of his portfolio will be national science and  
technology policy, as the Obama administration gears up for a new era  
of government investment in research and development. To the extent  
that this push is tied to hopes for economic recovery and American  
competitiveness, John will often find himself in the thick of the  
news. ...


For more than three decades John has been the pre-eminent chronicler  
of Silicon Valley, having started as a defense and technology writer  
for Pacific News Service in 1977. He joined The Times in 1988, and has  
since been regaling and informing readers about this fascinating and  
increasingly important part of our world. ... And he was the first to  
write about the ever-evolving World Wide Web.


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