ReadWriteWeb

Richard MacManus founded ReadWriteWeb in 2003 and grew his one-person blog about the changing Internet into an international team of journalists that's now syndicated daily by the New York Times and read by millions of thought leaders and consumers. Still grounded in MacManus's thoughtful exploration of emerging trends, the now-15 person staff of ReadWriteWeb is known for offering some of the most insightful commentary available about each day's Internet industry news. From the early days of disruptive publishing tools like blogging, social networks and YouTube, into the fast-approaching future of machine learning, aggregate data analysis and other meta-trends, MacManus has for years been recognized as a leader in articulating what's coming next in technology and, more importantly, what it means. You can contact him at editor@readwriteweb.com. NOTE: Story ideas and product pitches should be emailed to tips@readwriteweb.com. This address reaches the editor and the main writers of ReadWriteWeb.

Marshall Kirkpatrick is Vice President of Content Development at ReadWriteWeb, and also the Lead Writer. He hails from Portland, Oregon, USA. Prior to joining RWW in Sept 2007, Marshall was Director of Content at SplashCast Media. During 2006 he was Lead Blogger at TechCrunch. You can contact Marshall at marshall@readwriteweb.com.

Sean Ammirati is Chief Operating Officer at ReadWriteWeb, based in Pittsburgh, PA. He has also been part of the writing team since March 2007 and hosted our podcast ReadWriteTalk. Prior to becoming ReadWriteWeb's COO, Sean was a software entrepreneur who co-founded a few venture backed start-ups and prior to that was a research fellow at Carnegie Mellon's Software Industry Center. You can reach Sean Ammirati at sean@readwriteweb.com.

Sarah Perez is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb, joining the team in January 2008. Sarah is from sunny Tampa, Florida where she had worked as an I.T. Professional for many years. You can contact Sarah at sarah@readwriteweb.com.

Frederic Lardinois is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb, joining the team in June 2008. He lives in Portland, Oregon, USA. You can contact Frederic at frederic@readwriteweb.com.

Jolie O'Dell is ReadWriteWeb's Community Manager and a daily writer. In the past, O'Dell has worked on newspapers, on magazines, for book publishers, for serial entrepreneurs, on startup teams, at advertising and marketing agencies, and for enterprise blogs and websites. O'Dell has a B.A. in Media Studies from Shenandoah University. You can contact Jolie at jolie@readwriteweb.com.

Dana Oshiro is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb. She is a Canadian blogger, PR pro and start up strategist based in San Francisco. You can contact Dana at dana@readwriteweb.com.

Alex Williams is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb. He lives in Portland, Or. where he works as a community management consultant. You can reach Alex at alexw@readwriteweb.com.

Chris Cameron is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb, joining the team in December 2009. He lives in Tempe, Arizona, and has an M.M.C. from the Walter Cronkite School at Arizona State University. Chris can be reached at chris@readwriteweb.com.

Mike Melanson is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb, joining the team in December 2009. Mike lives in Austin, Texas, where he recently graduated from the University of Texas with a masters in journalism. He can be reached at mike@readw​riteweb.co​m.

Abraham Hyatt is the Production Editor at ReadWriteWeb, and is based in Portland, Ore. Prior to joining ReadWriteWeb in December, 2009, he worked as an editor and reporter at a variety of newspapers and magazines. He can be reached at abraham@readwriteweb.com.

Elyssa Pallai is the Marketing and Experience Manager at ReadWriteWeb. Elyssa is a web strategist with useful experience in effective, cost-saving website operations, strategy, design, technology, media, online product development and search. Elyssa has been working on the web since 1997 in the USA, UK and New Zealand. You can contact Elyssa at elyssa@readwriteweb.com.

Jared Smith is the Webmaster at ReadWriteWeb, based in Charleston, SC.  Prior to joining RWW, Jared was a member of the Web Strategies team at College of Charleston, his alma mater.  Contact Jared at jared@readwriteweb.com.