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Sage Lazzaro

location-pin Jersey City, New Jersey

School: Rutgers University

Expertise: Tech

Sage Lazzaro

  • 10 years of experience covering emerging technologies, cybersecurity, start-ups, Big Tech, and technology's impact on culture and society
  • Held senior tech reporting and editing positions at Business Insider, VentureBeat and the New York Observer
  • Published in Wired, OneZero, Supercluster, Vice and more
  • Featured on Vice News Tonight on HBO, Techmeme, BBC Radio 4 and CBC Radio

Experience

Sage is a technology journalist and editor with a decade of experience covering emerging technologies (including artificial intelligence and the cloud), cybersecurity and technology’s impacts on society and culture. She was previously a senior tech editor at Business Insider, a senior tech editor at the New York Observer and a senior reporter at VentureBeat. Sage's work has also appeared in Fortune, Wired, OneZero, Supercluster, Vice and more.

Education

Rutgers University

BA, Journalism and Media Studies

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