Andrew Leonard
| Andrew Leonard | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 1962 (age 54–55) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Relatives | John Leonard (father) |
Andrew Leonard (born 1962) is an American journalist who writes features articles for San Francisco and contributes to Medium. He previously wrote for Salon.com between 1995 and 2014.[1]
Career
Leonard is credited with coining the term "open-source journalism".[2] He has also written for Wired.[3]
Leonard is the author of a book, 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".[3] 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 oil market,[8] the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act,[9] and immigration reform.[10]
Leonard is the son of John Leonard, an American literary, television, film, and cultural critic.[11]
Selected works
- Leonard, Andrew (1998). Bots: The Origin of New Species. Penguin Group. ISBN 978-0-14-027566-7.
References
- ↑ Leonard, Andrew (14 September 2014). "How I switched sides in the technology wars". Salon. Salon Media Group.
- ↑ Lievrouw, Leah (2011). Alternative and Activist New Media. Polity. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-7456-4183-6. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- 1 2 Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (October 8, 1997). "Author Traces the Family Tree of Software Bots". Orlando Sentinel (reprinted from the New York Times).(subscription required)
- ↑ Biersdorfer, J. D. (August 10, 1997). "Virtual Bedlam". New York Times.
- ↑ Huffstutter, P.J. (September 16, 1996). "WIRED Magazine, Harpercollins Push Publishing to Digital Edge". Daily News of Los Angeles.(subscription required)
- ↑ Leonard, Andrew (May 31, 2013). "My Wikipedia hall of mirrors". Salon.com. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ↑ Olive, David (June 11, 2011). "What keeps Wall Street miscreants out of jail?". Toronto Star.(subscription required)
- ↑ Mitchell, Dan (June 21, 2008). "Fake Gems, Genuine Appeal". New York Times. p. C5.
- ↑ Mitchell, Dan (September 15, 2007). "Broke but Still Borrowing". New York Times. p. C5.
- ↑ Mitchell, Dan (April 1, 2006). "An Open Mind on Open Borders". New York Times. p. C5.
- ↑ Miller, Laura (November 7, 2008). "Remembering John Leonard". Salon.com. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
External links
- Salon page for Andrew Leonard
- Works by or about Andrew Leonard in libraries (WorldCat catalog)