An award-winning journalist who will lead the newsroom and expand BetaKit's national coverage of technology.
I'm glad to welcome you Sarah Rieger as the new managing editor of BetaKit.
A media professional with over a decade of experience working for publications such as The Huffington Post and CBC, Sarah most recently served as a senior news columnist at Wealthsimple Media, where she helped grow the TLDR newsletter to more than 2 million readers per week.
Sarah is the perfect choice to lead our high-performing team and tell the story that BetaKit's audience expects and deserves.
Sarah will add significant value to BetaKit award-winning pedigree. Her articles helped TLDR win the 2024 Webby Award for Best Business, News and Technology Newsletter. While at CBC, Sarah received a Canadian Radio-television Digital News Association award for her research work.
Sarah is the perfect choice to lead our high-performing team and tell the story that BetaKit's audience expects and deserves.
Alberta-based Sarah will lead BetaKit's newsroom and core editorial products. With a proven track record in newsletters, as a podcast host and as an investigative reporter, Sarah is the ideal choice to lead our high-performing team and deliver the stories BetaKit's audience expects and deserves. Her work will shape the growth of our newsroom and Canadian technology coverage.
Sarah's appearance follows that of our web editor. Trevor Nicholsbased in Halifax. Sarah won't be Prairies' only addition to the BetaKit team either, as we'll soon be announcing a permanent, Edmonton reporter in partnership with a non-profit organization Yego.
As the record-breaking publication for Canadian technology, I'm proud to announce that BetaKit now has journalists in British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario, Atlantic Canada and Alberta.
While BetaKit continues to expand its presence in the country, we are also investing in strategic programs And initiatives that attract attention Canada's most important innovation economy. At the end of a record-breaking year for readers, BetaKit's influence will only grow as Canadian technology plays a growing role in shaping the nation's future.
Expect great things from this team.
