Spencer Reiss
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Spencer Reiss (born 1952 in New York) is a former Newsweek foreign correspondent in Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America, now a contributing editor at Wired magazine.<ref name=work2 /><ref name=work /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He began working for Wired as a senior editor in San Francisco in 1996.<ref name=work2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was responsible for covered energy issues, new media, commercial space travel, and the human impact of technology. He has also been also a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and MIT Technology Review.<ref name=work>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1995, as managing editor of the pioneering Internet project "24 Hours in Cyberspace," Reiss commissioned John Perry Barlow to write the celebrated Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From 2017 to 2012, Reiss also directed the program for the annual Monaco Media Forum held in Monte Carlo.<ref name="forum">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> More recently he directed the program for Business Insider's annual IGNITION conference in New York City.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since 2015, he has been senior adviser and master of ceremonies at Viva Technology<ref>Viva Technology</ref>Template:Circular reference, a global startup & innovation conference held annually in June in Paris.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Reiss obtained degrees from Dartmouth College (A.B., History) and Columbia University (M.S., Journalism).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He lives in Salisbury, Connecticut United States.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>