Michael A. Rogers Explained

Michael Rogers
Occupation:Author and Futurist

Michael A. Rogers is a novelist, journalist and futurist, who also served as futurist-in-residence for The New York Times.[1] He has worked with companies including FedEx, Boeing, NBC Universal, Prudential, Dow Corning, American Express, and Microsoft.[2]

Biography

Rogers was born in California and graduated from Stanford University in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in creative writing and minor in physics, with additional training in finance and management at Stanford Business School’s Executive Program.[3]

Media and Technology Career

For ten years Rogers was vice president of The Washington Post Company's new media division, overseeing both the newspaper and its sister publication Newsweek, as well as serving as editor and general manager of Newsweek.com. From 2006 to 2008 he was futurist-in-residence for The New York Times Company.[4]

He began his career as a writer for Rolling Stone, where he covered the historic Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA in 1974.[5] In 1976, his investigative article was the first to publicly identify Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were a crucial tool for medical research.[6]

While at Rolling Stone, he co-founded Outside Magazine.[7] He then launched Newsweek’s technology column, winning numerous journalism awards, including a National Headliner Award for coverage of Chernobyl[8] and a Distinguished Online Service award from the National Press Club for coverage of 9/11.[9]

Rogers began working with interactive media in 1986, when he developed the storyline for Ballblazer, the first Lucasfilm computer game.[10] In 1993 he produced the world's first CD-ROM newsmagazine for Newsweek[11] and in 1995 he created an interactive CD-ROM/book combination The Parent’s Guide to Children’s Software.[12] He went on to develop areas on Prodigy, America Online, and then a series of Internet news sites. In 1999 he received a patent for the bimodal spine,[13] a multimedia storytelling technique, and was subsequently listed in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. In 2007 he was named to the Magazine Industry Digital Hall of Fame, and in 2009 he received the World Technology Network Award for Achievement in Media and Journalism.[14]

Publications

Books

Honors and Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New York Times Looks Ahead, Appoints Futurist-in-Residence . Media Daily News . 2006-09-20 . 2024-04-11.
  2. Web site: Speaker: Michael Rogers . Leading Authorities, Inc. . 2024-04-11.
  3. Web site: Profile - Michael Rogers . The Authors Guild . 2024-04-11.
  4. Web site: New York Times futurist Michael Rogers to leave . . 2008-05-09 . 2024-04-11.
  5. Web site: The Pandora's Box Congress . . 1975-06-09 . 2024-04-11.
  6. Skloot, R. (2010). The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. United States: Crown. pp. 191-193.
  7. Wenner, J. S. (2022). Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir. United States: Little, Brown. p. 218.
  8. Web site: National Headliner Awards winners announced . UPI . 1987-03-06 . 2024-04-11.
  9. Web site: Programs & Events: NPC Award Winners . . 2024-04-11.
  10. DeMaria, Rusel (2018). High Score! Expanded: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games. United States: CRC Press. p. 172.
  11. Web site: Newsweek Does Interactive . Wired Magazine . 1993-02-01 . 2024-04-11.
  12. Web site: Ad for Parent's Guide to Children's Software . Newsweek . 1995-12-11 . 2024-04-11.
  13. Web site: Multimedia Method And Apparatus For Presenting A Story Using A Bimodal Spine . Patent Public Search . 1999-06-22 . 2024-04-11.
  14. Web site: The World Technology Summit 2010 . Wtn.net . 2010-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524023851/http://www.wtn.net/summit2009/nominees.html . 2024-04-11. 2011-05-24 .
  15. Book: Michael Rogers. Mindfogger. July 23, 2013. 1973. Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated. 978-0-394-48401-3.
  16. Book: Michael Rogers. Do Not Worry about the Bear: Stories. July 23, 2013. January 1, 1979. Knopf. 9780394501918.
  17. Book: Michael Rogers. Biohazard. registration. July 23, 2013. 1977. Alfred A. Knopf. 978-0-394-40128-7.
  18. Book: Michael Rogers. Silicon Valley: A Novel. July 23, 2013. January 1, 1982. Simon and Schuster. 978-0-671-41030-8.
  19. Book: Michael Rogers. Forbidden Sequence. registration. July 23, 2013. December 1, 1987. Bantam Books. 978-0-553-27080-8.
  20. Book: Michael Rogers. Email from the Future: Notes from 2084. April 12, 2024. February 17, 2022. Practical Futurist. 978-0-578-35537-5.
  21. Web site: AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards . sjawards.aaas.org . 1973-10-11 . 2024-04-11.
  22. Web site: National Headliner Awards winners announced . upi.com . 1987-03-06. 2024-04-11.
  23. Web site: 2003 Awards Dinner . nationalpress.org . 2015-10-17. 2024-04-11.
  24. Web site: min's Best of Web Winners . MinOnline . https://web.archive.org/web/20070425062309/http://www.minonline.com/mds/finalists2007.html . 2024-04-11. 2007-04-25 .
  25. Web site: The World Technology Summit & Awards 2009 . Wtn.net . 2009-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524023851/http://www.wtn.net/summit2009/nominees.html . 2024-04-11 . 2011-05-24 .

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