Andrew Leonard (born 1962) is an American
journalist
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Roles
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who writes feature articles for ''
San Francisco
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'' and contributes to
Medium. From 1995 to 2014 he wrote for ''
Salon.com''. He has also written for ''
Wired
Wired may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* ''Wired'' (Jeff Beck album), 1976
* ''Wired'' (Hugh Cornwell album), 1993
* ''Wired'' (Mallory Knox album), 2017
* "Wired", a song by Prism from their album '' Beat Street''
* "Wired ...
''.
Career
Leonard is credited with coining the term "
open-source journalism".
He is the author of ''Bots: The Origin of New Species'', which ''
The New York Times
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'' called a "playful social history of the internet". According to
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, also writing in the ''Times'', the book is "deceptively profound".
''Bots'' was one of the first few books published by ''Wired'
''s nonfiction publishing venture ''HardWired'', launched in 1996.
For six years
as a financial analyst for Salon.com, Leonard wrote a blog, ''How the World Works'', covering topics such as speculation in the car market, the
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, and immigration reform.
Currently he is the writer of the popular newsletter titled, "The Cleaver and the Butterfly".
Leonard is the son of the American literary, television, film, and cultural critic
John Leonard.
Selected works
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References
External links
Salon page for Andrew Leonard
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Living people
1962 births
Salon (website) people
American magazine journalists
American technology writers
American business writers
Place of birth missing (living people)
American science fiction critics
American literary critics