Lai Stirland

I'm a reporter and writer in San Francisco. Most recently, I covered politics and technology, and the 2008 presidential election for Wired.com. My reporting and writing has been cited widely both on the web and on television, from The Economist, The New York Times, and numerous other blogs to CNN. My coverage has provided fodder both for local television news and radio shows all over the United States. Prior to the gig at Wired, I worked for National Journal's Technology Daily, in Washington, DC, where I covered Congress and the Supreme Court. Some of my other stories have appeared in National Journal, Congress Daily (subscription only,) The Village Voice, The New York Post, The Online Journalism Review, The Seattle Times, Good Housekeeping, Business 2.0, Bloomberg Wealth Manager, Intellectual Property Watch and elsewhere. I've provided commentary on the 2008 presidential campaign, copyright and other digital policy issues on several local public radio stations and public radio programs. They include Public Radio International, G4 TV, XM Radio, WNYC radio, and C-Span television. I've also moderated several panel discussions in Washington DC, Hollywood and New York City on technology policy issues. As a former staff reporter at Red Herring, I was part of the team that helped Red Herring.com win its Gold Award for "Best Online Consumer Web site" in Folio magazine's Editorial Excellence Awards program in 2000. I also contributed one of the interviews to Gig, a book of interviews with Americans about their work. I interviewed Judith Halek about her work as a Doula. Susan Faludi in a Village Voice review singled out the interview as one of the more notable of the volume.