Amy Huffman
Amy Huffman is a freelance writer focused on startups and North Carolina's entrepreneurial ecosystem and is particularly intrigued by healthcare-focused companies and those committed to increasing diversity and inclusion in their company and region.
141 Posts
Ann-Marie Grissino
Ann-Marie Grissino, as an information architect and content mentor for many organizations, develops courses, product content and software simulations that improve acceptance of products and processes and makes them shine. She is an award-winning content producer, Fellow in the Society for Technical Communication and program developer for Duke University Technical Communication Certificate Program.
2 Posts
Barry Teater
Barry Teater is a freelance bioscience writer and editor. Previously he was a journalist at three North Carolina newspapers, and a communications executive at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center and The Jackson Laboratory.
139 Posts
Jake Seaton
Jake is the digital product manager for WRAL.com, where he has overseen the expansion of WRAL’s OTT efforts, including new product launches on Fire TV, Apple TV and Android TV. He also led the launch of WRAL skills for Amazon Echo, Google Home and Google Assistant. He lives if Raleigh with his wife, son and dog. His connected home — with its six Echos — annoys his wife, who would prefer if her house “didn’t talk to me.”
23 Posts
Jana Crye
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4 Posts
Jane Albright
Jane Albright uses her experience as a strategic communications consultant with state IT projects, along with her background as a features writer, to create profiles of the quirky and the merely interesting for WRAL TechWire.
17 Posts
Jason Parker
Jason H. Parker works to inform, inspire and invest in growth-minded small-business, nonprofit and community leaders as a consultant for startups, governments and nonprofit organizations. Jason covers the entrepreneurial economy of North Carolina's innovative cities for WRAL TechWire.
2560 Posts
Jen McFarland
Jen McFarland is Founder and Chief Boss Lady at <a href="https://maritdigital.com">Marit Digital</a> and is a contributing writer to WRAL TechWire.
107 Posts
Kirsten Barber
Kirsten Barber is a freelance writer native to the Triangle area. She enjoys sharing the stories of the interesting places she visits and the people she meets while exploring Raleigh-Durham. In the past, Kirsten has written about startups, events, weddings and rising trends in the Triangle and beyond.
26 Posts
Latisha Catchatoorian
Latisha Catchatoorian is a contributing writer for WRAL TechWire and works with TechWire partners to craft stories that are both informative and newsworthy. Her work has appeared in The Triangle Tribune, Durham Magazine, Chapel Hill Magazine, Midtown Magazine, Carolina STYLE magazine, on WRAL.com, and in the McClatchy-owned South Charlotte News. She attended UNC-Chapel Hill, where she earned her journalism degree and maintains a personal preference for the Oxford comma.
112 Posts
Mindy Hamlin
Mindy Hamlin is a communications consultant focusing on public relations, social media and crisis communication. She was the director of communications at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport and today writes on economic development, life sciences and communications best practices.
50 Posts
Noah Garrett
Noah Garrett is chief storyteller for NGC Communications, specializing in telecommunications, broadband Internet, STEM education, thought leadership and innovation. He is a certified social media manager, syndicated columnist, radio/tv personality, and nationally-licensed soccer coach.
29 Posts
Rick Smith
Rick Smith is the editor and co-founder of WRAL TechWire, which launched in January 2002. Before launching what was then called Local Tech Wire, Smith worked for numerous newspapers over a period of more than 30 years. He is the co-author of "The Internet Strategic Plan," published by John Wiley & Sons. He has written for numerous magazines, including Business North Carolina and Metro Magazine Raleigh. Smith also has been an entrepreneur, running his own Internet and web consulting business for several years. He has received numerous press awards for writing, editing and photography. Smith got his start in journalism as a sophomore in high school, writing for his hometown newspaper in Mooresville, Ind., and for numerous other newspapers. He attended Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, majoring in elementary education with a minor in history. He and his wife, Lynda, live in Raleigh and have two sons, Ross, who owns his own car repair business in Raleigh, and Ryan, an ECU graduate with a degree in marketing and an aspiring musician.
17918 Posts
Shannon Cuthrell
Shannon is a freelance journalist covering startups, tech, business and innovation. Aside from writing, she's passionate about astronomy, avocados, cats and mass media trends.
1317 Posts
