Writers and editors
WYDE Newsroom is written by its editors and by outside contributors: reporters, researchers, founders and practitioners who cover the impact economy under their own names. Every piece passes the same checks before it is published.
Each writer has a page with their photo, their background, their links and everything they have published here.
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We want more writers covering the impact economy: giving, crypto and impact investing, AI and robotics, the creator economy, hunger and food. You get a byline, an author page built for you in this directory, and a new list of assignments every Monday and Thursday. 5 stories are open right now.
Most wanted:AI and innovation, and what they change for people
Editors
Aaron Rafferty
Founding Director, WYDE
I write about philanthropy, nonprofit accountability, food policy and the financial technology changing how money reaches causes.
PhilanthropyNonprofit accountabilityFood policyFinancial infrastructure and crypto
700 articles · writing here since March 2026
Latest: OpenAI Raises $11 Billion So Far at a $1.25 Trillion Valuation, Short of Its $30 Billion Goal
Joseph Cederwall
Editor
Chief Editor, The Tech Buzz
Technology, legal and economic analyst, and international geopolitics journalist.
TechnologyLaw and policyEconomicsGeopolitics
2 articles · writing here since August 2026
Latest: The US Says Stockpile Food. It Still Has No Plan for Its $720 Million to Fight Global Hunger
Contributors
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