Editorial Team

Jason Snell, Senior VP, Editorial Director

jsnell@idgcsmb.com
Jason oversees all editorial operations at IDG Consumer & SMB. Prior to this, he spent seven years as editor in chief of Macworld. He’s been a technology journalist for nearly 20 years and has written about most of the major tech products of this millennium, including the iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
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Jason Cross, Executive Editor, TechHive

jcross@techhive.com
Jason has written professionally about consumer technology and video games for almost 15 years. Today, he manages editorial operations for TechHive. His goal in life is to figure out how complicated technology works and explain it in a way anyone can understand.
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Jon Phillips, Editor, PCWorld

jphillips@pcworld.com
Jon is the lead editor for PCWorld, and is passionate about PCs and technology in general. Most recently he was a Senior Editor in charge of Wired.com’s Gadget Lab channel. He also spent 16 years at Future US serving as Editor-in-Chief for Maximum PC and Editorial Director for the Future US Tech Group.

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Philip Michaels, Managing Editor, IDG Consumer & SMB

pmichaels@idgcsmb.com
As managing editor for all three IDG Consumer & SMB brands, Philip coordinates news coverage, multimedia, and features across Macworld, PCWorld, and TechHive. He’s worked for IDG’s consumer publications since 1999.

Dan Miller, Editor, Macworld

dmiller@macworld.com
Dan supervises editorial for Macworld, both online and in print. He also edits features, how-to columns, and reviews; and covers networking and security technologies.

Laura Blackwell, Downloads Editor

lblackwell@pcworld.com
Laura covers PC- and Web-based software, and she’s always on the lookout for the next killer app.

Amber Bouman, Associate Editor, TechHive

abouman@techhive.com
Amber covers Windows Phones, mobile tech, bags, apps and accessories, and loves all manner of gadgets. She built her monster home PC, is often checking out new bands on Spotify, and spends far too much time on Netflix, tumblr, and Pinterest. In her non-tech time she takes too many pictures of her cats, watches zombie movies, crochets, and plans her next tattoos.
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Christopher Breen, Senior Editor

cbreen@macworld.com
Christopher writes the Mac 911 blog and print column. He also hosts and produces the Macworld Podcast and contributes reviews, features, and opinion pieces. He’s the author of several books from Peachpit Press and produces training videos for Lynda.com. His beats include music and audio, consumer video, rich media, home media, Mac OS, iOS 4, iOS devices, and troubleshooting.
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Serenity Caldwell, Associate Editor

scaldwell@macworld.com
Serenity has been writing, talking and tinkering with Apple products since she was old enough to double-click. Previously, she worked for Apple Retail on its Creative team; at Macworld, she assists with and edits the Superguides, coordinates features for the iPad app, maintains the New to Mac section on Macworld.com, and helps out with general news coverage. In her spare time, she sketches, writes, acts, sings, and wears an assortment of hats.
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Jackie Dove, Senior Editor

jdove@techhive.com
Jackie runs Macworld’s Create channel, which covers software, hardware, and services that help Mac users in creative pursuits—making Websites, designing print products, producing music, and more.

Dan Frakes, Senior Editor

dfrakes@macworld.com
Dan has been writing about technology since 1994. He coordinates coverage of iPhone, iPad, iPod, and audio gear; covers the mobile-accessory and input-device beats; runs the Mac Gems column; and writes about OS X and iOS, troubleshooting, mobile and desktop hardware, audio/video, and accessories. His tech experience also includes writing and editing numerous books; working in IT; and publishing two popular bits of Mac software, ChangeShortName and InformINIT.

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Lex Friedman, Staff Writer

lfriedman@macworld.com
Lex freelanced for Macworld for two years before convincing the powers-that-be to hire him. He writes up news, reviews, features, and opinion pieces, and occasionally participates (in losing fashion) on the Macworld Pundit Showdown. Lex co-wrote the book The Snuggie Sutra, which his wife knows, but his three young kids don’t.
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Roman Loyola, Senior Editor

rloyola@macworld.com
Roman helps run the Macworld reviews department. His beat responsibilities include Macs, storage, printers, displays, and camcorders.
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Anne B. McDonald, Senior Editor

amcdonald@pcworld.com
Anne covers tech environmental issues for PCWorld and welcomes ideas in this area that won’t put readers to sleep. Really. She spends her days with a PC, her evenings with an iPad, and adds in frequent visits with her Droid Incredible. We’re all very happy with the arrangement.

Scholle McFarland, Senior Editor

smcfarland@macworld.com
Scholle is the editor of Macworld.com’s Business Center. She also edits the Working Mac column in the magazine, and covers educational and children’s technology.

Nick Mediati, Associate Editor

nmediati@techhive.com
Nick is PCWorld’s cross-platform geek, and has been hooked on technology since laying hands on an Apple IIe in grade school. His beats include GeekTech and security.

Dan Moren, Senior Editor

dmoren@macworld.com
Dan helps coordinate news coverage for Macworld.com.

Melissa Riofrio, Senior Editor

mriofrio@pcworld.com
Melissa manages printer coverage for PCWorld and Macworld, and she also oversees car technology coverage for TechHive. Her printer background includes apprenticing on a 1950’s Vandercook letterpress and using daisywheels in the early ’70s. She started identifying cars as a child, to pass the time on long road trips. To this day, she continues to follow innovations in car design and technology.

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Armando Rodriguez, Assistant Editor, TechHive

arodriguez@techhive.com
Armando is one of the mobile editors, covering everything Android. He’s never not online, and is also known to geek out over collectable card games and video games.

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Jonathan Seff, Executive Editor

jseff@idgcsmb.com
Jon has been a tech journalist for nearly 15 years and currently oversees the digital entertainment coverage for IDG Consumer & SMB. He also manages our growing ebook program.
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Mark Sullivan, Senior Editor

msullivan@idgcsmb.com
Mark writes about social networking, Web TV, and other cool stuff on the Internet.

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Alex Wawro, Assistant Editor

awawro@pcworld.com
Alex writes reviews, How-To Guides and features to help you work smarter and game harder.

Leah Yamshon, Assistant Editor

lyamshon@idgcsmb.com
Leah started out as a PCWorld intern and columnist before Macworld scooped her up as an assistant editor. Now, she happily writes features and covers iOS apps, smartphone cases, gadget bags, and social media trends across all three of our sites.