Chris Taylor (journalist)
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Chris Taylor, who previously served as the San Francisco correspondent
for TIME magazine
, and is now a senior editor at Business 2.0
magazine, was born in Liverpool
, England, and received his primary education in the small northeastern town of Chester-le-Street
. He attended Oxford University
, reading history at Merton College
. Taylor gained an interest in journalism after editing Cherwell, the university's student newspaper, and writing a controversial column in The Oxford Student
.
Prior to 1996, Taylor interned and freelanced at several London-based and Glasgow
-based newspapers and magazines including The Times
, Sunday Times
, Daily Express
, The Sun
, Time Out, and the British edition of GQ.
He has been living in America since 1996, and joined TIME in 1997 as a senior news writer for Time Daily. In his first year, he spearheaded the magazine's online coverage of Princess Diana
's sudden death and the Monica Lewinsky
scandal.
He has covered major events in the digital world for the magazine, such as the Napster
case and the decline of the dotcoms
. He often writes about new products from a consumer's perspective for TIME's Personal Technology column, such as the headaches of installing Windows XP
and Mac OS X
. He is especially passionate about PC and video games, and wrote the first ever games reviews in TIME's Arts and Media section, as well as visiting the sets of Tomb Raider
and Final Fantasy.
In February 2003, TIME hosted "The Future of Life Summit", in Monterey, California. Along with Ralph Merkle
, Taylor hosted the "Nanotech
and Nanomedicine
" segment.
He is a 1997 graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
; and a member of the Society of Professional Journalists
.
In the June 6, 2005 issue of TIME, he wrote It's a Wiki, Wiki World. This article is credited by some as an important contribution to the increasing popularity of Wikipedia
.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
for TIME magazine
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
, and is now a senior editor at Business 2.0
Business 2.0
Business 2.0 was a monthly magazine publication founded by magazine entrepreneur Chris Anderson, Mark Gross, and journalist James Daly in order to chronicle the rise of the "New Economy"...
magazine, was born in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, England, and received his primary education in the small northeastern town of Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, England. It has a history going back to Roman times when it was called Concangis. The town is located south of Newcastle upon Tyne and west of Sunderland on the River Wear...
. He attended Oxford University
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, reading history at Merton College
Merton College, Oxford
Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to...
. Taylor gained an interest in journalism after editing Cherwell, the university's student newspaper, and writing a controversial column in The Oxford Student
The Oxford Student
The Oxford Student is a newspaper produced by and for students of the University of Oxford; it is sometimes abbreviated to The OxStu. The paper was established in 1992 by the Oxford University Student Union...
.
Prior to 1996, Taylor interned and freelanced at several London-based and Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
-based newspapers and magazines including The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, Sunday Times
The Sunday Times (UK)
The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper, distributed in the United Kingdom. The Sunday Times is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International, which is in turn owned by News Corporation. Times Newspapers also owns The Times, but the two papers were founded...
, Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
, The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
, Time Out, and the British edition of GQ.
He has been living in America since 1996, and joined TIME in 1997 as a senior news writer for Time Daily. In his first year, he spearheaded the magazine's online coverage of Princess Diana
Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century...
's sudden death and the Monica Lewinsky
Monica Lewinsky
Monica Samille Lewinsky is an American woman with whom United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having had an "improper relationship" while she worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996...
scandal.
He has covered major events in the digital world for the magazine, such as the Napster
Napster
Napster is an online music store and a Best Buy company. It was originally founded as a pioneering peer-to-peer file sharing Internet service that emphasized sharing audio files that were typically digitally encoded music as MP3 format files...
case and the decline of the dotcoms
Dot-com bubble
The dot-com bubble was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2000 during which stock markets in industrialized nations saw their equity value rise rapidly from growth in the more...
. He often writes about new products from a consumer's perspective for TIME's Personal Technology column, such as the headaches of installing Windows XP
Windows XP
Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
and Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
. He is especially passionate about PC and video games, and wrote the first ever games reviews in TIME's Arts and Media section, as well as visiting the sets of Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, with MS-DOS and PlayStation versions following shortly thereafter...
and Final Fantasy.
In February 2003, TIME hosted "The Future of Life Summit", in Monterey, California. Along with Ralph Merkle
Ralph Merkle
Ralph C. Merkle is a researcher in public key cryptography, and more recently a researcher and speaker on molecular nanotechnology and cryonics...
, Taylor hosted the "Nanotech
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
and Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology. Nanomedicine ranges from the medical applications of nanomaterials, to nanoelectronic biosensors, and even possible future applications of molecular nanotechnology. Current problems for nanomedicine involve understanding the issues related...
" segment.
He is a 1997 graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of Columbia's graduate and professional schools. It offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism , Master of Arts in journalism and a Ph.D. in communications...
; and a member of the Society of Professional Journalists
Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists , formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is one of the oldest organizations representing journalists in the United States. It was established in April 1909 at DePauw University, and its charter was designed by William Meharry Glenn. The ten founding members of...
.
In the June 6, 2005 issue of TIME, he wrote It's a Wiki, Wiki World. This article is credited by some as an important contribution to the increasing popularity of Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
.