John C Abell

Greater New York City Area United States

Senior Editor, LinkedIn ● Ex Wired ● Recovering Reuters Columnist ● Founding editor, reuters.com

Technology / Software / Internet

Before joining LinkedIn I was a journalist at two of the world's most impactful media companies during the most innovative period for journalism since Guttenberg. Now, I've joined a third -- and the innovation has just begun. Most recently I was Wired's New York Bureau Chief and launched Wired Opinion. Before that I spent 26 years at Reuters, where my career was evenly split between pre-and post-Internet. Pre, I was a reporter, editor and bureau chief. Post, I built the Internet's first real-time news feed, created Reuters' multimedia desk and was the founding editor of reuters.com. When I started at Reuters the Portabubble was the road warrior's tool of choice. My first mobile report