Amy Nordrum is an executive editor at MIT Technology Review based in Boston, MA. Her career mission is to build profitable newsrooms that empower journalists to do their best work.
Amy oversees the publication’s annual lists of 10 Breakthrough Technologies, 35 Innovators Under 35, and 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch. She runs the newsroom’s fellowship program and manages a team working across audience engagement, online visuals, and digital production. She’s also an experienced speaker and moderator who has interviewed Microsoft’s chief scientist, the dean of MIT’s new college of computing, and Meta’s president of global affairs on stage at recent events.
Amy previously worked as news manager for IEEE Spectrum. For six years, she was also a regular contributor to the popular radio show Science Friday. Amy recently completed her MBA at New York University’s Stern School of Business with a focus on media management. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ohio University and a master’s degree from the Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program (SHERP) at New York University.