Davey Alba

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Davey Alba
EducationDe La Salle University (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
OccupationTechnology journalism
Websitedaveyalba.com

Davey Alba is a technology reporter who covers Big Tech for Bloomberg News,[1] after previously reporting on online disinformation for The New York Times.[2]

Early life and education

Davey Alba was born in

VP of a multi-national investment bank. She came to the United States at age 23[3] in 2011. She studied at Columbia University and received a masters in science journalism.[2]

Career

Alba's first job out of training was at Popular Mechanics; she was technology editor and got to test gadgets and phones.[4] She worked as a technology reporter at BuzzFeed News, Wired and Gizmodo before joining The New York Times as a technology reporter in 2019.[2] Her area of coverage was "disinformation and all of its tentacles."[5] In March, 2022, she joined Bloomberg News, covering Google and Big Tech.[1]

In 2018, working at BuzzFeed News, she reported how Philippine President

Mirror Award for Best Story for Journalism in Peril.[9]

After reporting on videos supportive of

harassment." Davey reports that she was targeted as a reporter who is an immigrant, a woman and a person of color.[11]

In September 2021, Alba interviewed incoming Wikimedia Foundation chief executive officer Maryana Iskander.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b Roush, Chris (2022-03-23). "Bloomberg hires Alba from NY Times to cover Google, Big Tech". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  2. ^ a b c "Meet Our New Tech Reporter: Davey Alba". The New York Times Company. 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  3. ^ a b "This Pinay Is The New York Times' New Tech Reporter". Metro.Style. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  4. ^ "Davey Alba, M.A. Program Alumna, Wins 2019 Livingston and Mirror Awards". apply.jrn.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  5. ^ "New York Times hires Filipina technology reporter". INQUIRER.net USA. 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  6. ^ a b "Duterte's Drug War And The Human Cost Of Facebook's Rise In The Philippines". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  7. ^ a b "2019 Livingston Winners Announced". Wallace House. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  8. ^ "Duterte's Facebook-Fueled Rise to Power: Manipulating Public Opinion to Capture an Election". The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  9. ^ "Past Winners". Mirror Awards | Newhouse School at Syracuse University. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  10. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  11. ^ Westcott, Lucy (2020-05-21). "NY Times reporter Davey Alba on covering COVID-19 conspiracy theories, facing online harassment". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  12. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2021-09-23.
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