Andrew Leonard | |
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Relatives | John Leonard (father) |
Andrew Leonard (born 1962) is an American journalist who writes feature articles for San Francisco and contributes to Medium. From 1995 to 2014 he wrote for Salon.com. [1] He has also written for Wired. [2]
Leonard is credited with coining the term " open-source journalism". [3] He is the author of Bots: The Origin of New Species, which The New York Times called a "playful social history of the internet". [4] According to Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, also writing in the Times, the book is "deceptively profound". [2] Bots was one of the first few books published by Wired's nonfiction publishing venture HardWired, launched in 1996. [5]
For six years [6] as a financial analyst for Salon.com, [7] Leonard wrote a blog, How the World Works, covering topics such as speculation in the car market, [8] the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, [9] and immigration reform. [10]
Currently he is the writer of the popular newsletter titled, "The Cleaver and the Butterfly". [11]
Leonard is the son of the American literary, television, film, and cultural critic John Leonard. [12]
Andrew Leonard | |
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Relatives | John Leonard (father) |
Andrew Leonard (born 1962) is an American journalist who writes feature articles for San Francisco and contributes to Medium. From 1995 to 2014 he wrote for Salon.com. [1] He has also written for Wired. [2]
Leonard is credited with coining the term " open-source journalism". [3] He is the author of Bots: The Origin of New Species, which The New York Times called a "playful social history of the internet". [4] According to Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, also writing in the Times, the book is "deceptively profound". [2] Bots was one of the first few books published by Wired's nonfiction publishing venture HardWired, launched in 1996. [5]
For six years [6] as a financial analyst for Salon.com, [7] Leonard wrote a blog, How the World Works, covering topics such as speculation in the car market, [8] the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, [9] and immigration reform. [10]
Currently he is the writer of the popular newsletter titled, "The Cleaver and the Butterfly". [11]
Leonard is the son of the American literary, television, film, and cultural critic John Leonard. [12]