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Managing editors and reporters, setting coverage priorities and making complex developments understandable under the demands of daily news.
Carl Franzen
Executive Editor, VentureBeat · Content Leader · Narrative Innovator
VentureBeat · Brooklyn, New York
Carl Franzen leads VentureBeat as Executive Editor, directing its journalism on AI, emerging technologies and their implications for business. His work joins hands-on reporting with responsibility for editorial priorities, standards and the people producing the coverage.
In a career spanning more than 16 years, he has managed newsrooms, developed publications and helped established brands reach readers on new platforms. His experience includes editorial leadership at Inman, Motherboard/VICE, Popular Science, The Verge and Talking Points Memo; research storytelling at Xerox and Argo AI; and co-creating Lyft Rev as a founding editor. Earlier, he worked at The Atlantic Wire and The Daily. Today, his independent projects explore how AI can change the ways people create and experience stories.
