Will Oremus

Staff Writer at The Washington Post

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  • The Washington Post Graphic

    Staff Writer

    The Washington Post

    - Present 3 years 2 months

  • Medium Graphic

    Senior Writer, OneZero

    Medium

    - 2 years 1 month

    New York, New York, United States

    I write about the internet and its discontents for OneZero, Medium's technology publication. My weekly newsletter of technology analysis and commentary, Pattern Matching, has 65,000 subscribers and is read by about 20,000 people per week.

  • Slate Magazine

    Slate Magazine

    7 years 11 months

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      Co-host, If Then podcast

      Slate Magazine

      - 1 year 5 months

      Newark, DE

      Co-created and co-hosted with April Glaser a weekly podcast on how technology collides with politics and society, with a weekly audience of about 30,000-50,000. Guests included Wikipedia CEO Katherine Maher, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, UCLA Prof. Safiya Umoja Noble, Rep. Mark Warner. Peaked at #3 tech podcast on the Apple charts, behind TED Radio Hour and Reply All.

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      Technology Columnist

      Slate Magazine

      - 1 year 8 months

      Newark, DE

      Wrote about social media, algorithms, and the politics of technology as Slate's senior technology columnist.

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      Media Columnist

      Slate Magazine

      - 9 months

      Greater New York City Area

      Chronicled the media, the information economy, and truth in the Trump era.

    • Slate Magazine Graphic

      Senior Technology Writer

      Slate Magazine

      - 3 years

      Greater New York City Area

      Wrote columns and blog posts about technology, the Internet, and the future.

    • Slate Magazine Graphic

      Staff Writer

      Slate Magazine

      - 1 year 7 months

      Greater New York City Area

      Technology writer and lead blogger for Future Tense.

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      Contributing Writer

      Slate Magazine

      - 6 months

      Greater New York City Area

      Wrote two columns per week about business and technology.

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      Politics and Social Media Intern

      Slate Magazine

      - 7 months

      Washington D.C. Metro Area

      Wrote stories for the Slatest news blog, coded interactives, helped to run Slate's Facebook and Twitter accounts.

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    News Intern

    The New Yorker

    - 4 months

    Wrote blog posts for NewYorker.com and helped curate the News Desk blog.

  • Columbia University  Graduate School of Journalism Graphic

    Gray Fellow in International Reporting

    Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

    - 9 months

    Greater New York City Area

    M.A. in Politics and Government. Gordon and Maggie Gray Fellow in International Reporting.

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    Reporter-Researcher

    Newsweek

    - 3 months

    Greater New York City Area

    Wrote short articles on domestic and global politics for the magazine's Periscope section. Contributed original reporting to the Aug. 16 cover story, "A Mosque at Ground Zero?" Fact-checked feature stories for the magazine's overseas editions.

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    Staff Writer

    Palo Alto Daily News

    - 4 years

    Covered the Palo Alto city beat for The Daily News and other papers in the Bay Area News Group, including the San Mateo County Times and San Jose Mercury News. Won more than 10 regional and state awards for coverage of schools, crime, local government and business.

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    Daniel Pearl Memorial Journalism Intern

    The Wall Street Journal

    - 3 months

    Covered European stock markets, business trends, and beer for the Wall Street Journal and WSJ Europe.

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    Reporting Intern / Metro South Bureau

    The Oregonian

    - 3 months

    Wrote about meth, poker, politics, and other vices. Wrote a front-page story on military recruitment tactics.

  • Editor in Chief

    The Stanford Daily

    - 7 months

    Our first issue of the year featured a front-page story about the rise of a new social tool called "The Facebook."

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    Reporting Intern / Peninsula Bureau

    San Jose Mercury News

    - 3 months

    Wrote, among other things, a front-page investigative story about the security lapses that allowed thieves to walk off with a load of explosives from an FBI storage bunker.

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    Reporting Intern / Metro Desk

    Las Vegas Sun

    - 3 months

    Fires, floods, and gangsters.

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Honors & Awards

  • 2012 National Magazine Awards - Finalist

    American Society of Magazine Editors

    Nominated for an Ellie in the Interactive Feature category for "Horse Race Politics," a project that visualized the presidential primary campaign as a literal horse race.

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