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I’m saved.
Two weeks ago, I resigned from CNET after seven years at the technology news site. Today, I can report that I have accepted an offer from The Verge to become a senior reporter. I start in a couple of weeks.
When I say “saved,” I’m probably being too dramatic (I wouldn’t have ended up in a bread line). But in this job market and after recent events I won’t deny that I was a little worried about finding a good home. I’m now confident that’s exactly what I found.
I know that because some really smart people who happen to work for several of The Verge’s competitors told me so. In interviews, some of these editors couldn’t offer me a job, so instead they offered advice. They said that if they were in my position, they’d go to work for The Verge. It made a big impression on me that The Verge has earned such respect from rivals.
What it came down to though was that The Verge and parent company Vox Media possess a large stock of new-media secret sauce. Vox began its climb with SB Nation’s popular sports sites, and it’s clear that the audiences of The Verge and sister site Polygon are skyrocketing. That’s due in no small part to the leadership of Vox’s CEO Jim Bankoff and COO Marty Moe.
Then, there are a couple of guys who are quickly becoming the Lennon and McCartney of tech news: Josh Topolsky, The Verge’s editor in chief (sitting front and center in the photo above), and Nilay Patel, the managing editor. They helped build Engadget into a winner and now they’re taking the same but more refined formula to The Verge.
This is what I mean: The Verge breaks news. Their stories typically take the right tone. The photos, video and graphics tend to be a cut above. They know the tech reader as well as anybody.
The Verge also won me over by providing something of great value to me. I possess a written guarantee from management that nobody from the business side of the company will ever have any authority over my stories. Long before I arrived, The Verge committed itself to editorial independence.
Before I move on I must thank my former CNET coworkers and Jim Kerstetter, my manager and mentor for most of my time there. I also am grateful to the many editors and executives at the publications who met with me during the last two weeks. I suspect some of them called without much room for a new hire but were just eager to help.
The past two weeks have been tough ones, but I think it’s worth noting that after visiting with so many great news people recently, my faith in journalism and journalists has never been stronger.
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Sascha Pallenberg said:
Congrats and I am glad to see you on the Verge team!
dkaplan101 said:
Very, very happy for you, Greg! A major win for The Verge.
readingbyeugene said:
Great turn of events, Greg. Congrats on the new role at The Verge!
Christopher G said:
Congrats on your move over. I look forward to your contributions.
Kevin said:
Congrats! I wish you luck with your new job at The Verge. I’m hoping CEA will select them as the next people to present the best of CES awards. I go their site daily and it’s one of the best tech news sites out there.
Jeff Sandoval said:
Congrats!!! Your brother is glad to hear it…
chatsjournalist101 said:
Thanks everyone for the support and kind words. Now, it’s time for me to get out of the news and go back to reporting it. All the best to everyone.
Zato Gibson (@zatoGibson) said:
Congratulations on the move from Microsoft CNet to Microsoft Verge.
swattz101 said:
Congrats on the move. I’m glad The Verge took you on. That is definitely a plus for them in my book. I will have to start reading them more.
swattz101 said:
Congrats. Glad to hear The Verge picked you up. That is definitely a plus for them in my book. I’ll have to start reading them more often.
bathswana said:
I knew it. I knew when you resigned from CNet that you would wind up at the Verge. The Verge is the top of the food chain. It’s where you belong. Sometimes things happen for a reason.
Congratulations.
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Bruce Houghton said:
Congrats.!
Greg – particularly in the area of music tech – is one of the best journalists writing today.
Bill Hankes said:
Oh, wow. What a great win for The Verge. Congrats, man!
Ron Harris said:
Congrats on your position Greg. All the best. If you pass though ATL, let’s get some ribs. 🙂
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jakerome said:
Leaving the internet for 9 months has consequences. Is @FuturePaul aka Paul Miller already the forgotten man?
Zachary Reiss-Davis (@ZacharyRD) said:
Found this via TechMeme; I want to say you’re one of the only people who came out looking classy and responsible after the mess at CNET, so I’m glad to see you land on your feet.
BTSCelebs said:
I have never heard of The Verge before, but congrats on you new job!
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ericabuteau said:
Congratulations and best of luck to you in your new home! I look forward to following you on The Verge!
Rp said:
Congrats, Greg. As a doc student in Media Studies and instructor of undergrad courses, I read more tech news than I’d otherwise choose to. Over the last six years you have become one of the handful of journalists whose name I recognize and trust. Thanks for all the labor and for taking a principled stand.
Pam Miller said:
This is great news, Greg. So happy for you!
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Justine Navaja said:
Congratulations on the new gig, Greg! Best of luck.
Beth Lipton said:
Congrats on your new post! But really, we should all be congratulating The Verge. You are one of the all-time great, old-school news guys, and lord knows we need that these days.
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Waldemar Witkowski said:
Reblogged this on waldemarwjw.blogspot.com.
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Mark said:
Good luck to a great writer!
sharona gottlieb said:
kudos!