Pressing Matters

It is an interesting time to be a technology editor, and our guest this week brought all kinds of interesting topics with him! Harry McCracken, Global Technology Editor at Fast Company, joins Dave to talk about covering life-altering technology as it comes of age, coding games on a TRS-80, and bidding adieu to computing magazines.Join us!Who is Big Valley? We're a communications firm focused on B2B technology, with a team of experts specializing in brand positioning, narrative and story development, media and influencer relations, and channel planning. You can learn more about our team at www.BigValley.coWould you be interested in more from Harry?Read Harry's writing for Fast Company.You can find him on Twitter at @harrymccracken.Have an idea for Pressing Matters? Email pressingmatters@bigvalley.co

Cory Johnson, CEO of the Business Podcast Network, joined Dave on the podcast to talk about SLAM 🏀 Magazine, surprising Carmelo Anthony, the stories we tell and where we choose to tell them, a past (and potential future) in music ... so much ground was covered. We are excited to bring it to you!Who is Big Valley? We're a communications firm focused on B2B technology, with a team of experts specializing in brand positioning, narrative and story development, media and influencer relations, and channel planning. You can learn more about our team at www.BigValley.coWould you be interested in more from Cory?Listen to Cory on The Drill Down Podcast. You can find him on Twitter at @CoryTV.Have an idea for Pressing Matters? Email pressingmatters@bigvalley.co

Dark Reading Editor in Chief Kelly Jackson Higgins graciously accepted our invitation, even as momentum for RSA 2023 gathered steam. Kelly and Dave covered a lot of ground in the episode, moving effortlessly from the dominance of U.S. Women's Soccer to the wild (and wide) world of Cybersecurity, then back to ... Dave Matthews?This is a deep and fascinating conversation. We're thrilled to bring it to you.Who is Big Valley? We're a communications firm focused on B2B technology, with a team of experts specializing in brand positioning, narrative and story development, media and influencer relations, and channel planning. You can learn more about our team at www.BigValley.coInterested in what we're doing at RSA? The Big Valley team has kept its pencils sharp, drafting some great content leading up to RSA. We're biased, but you should still check in here.Interested in more from Kelly?You can read Kelly's journalism here.Check out the great work her team is doing at Dark Reading.You can find her on Twitter at @kjhiggins.

In this episode, Agam chats with Dave about his path to a career in journalism, being user #57 on the early Indian internet, brushes with Vince MacMahon, traveling the world, and much more. He was also gracious enough to share his experience with epilepsy. This was simply a lovely conversation, and we're excited to share it with you.Who is Big Valley? We're a communications firm focused on B2B technology. We're a team of experts specializing in brand positioning, narrative and story development, media and influencer relations, and channel planning. You can learn more about our team at www.BigValley.coLooking for more of Agam?He tweets from @agamsh.You can also find him on Mastodon at agam@journa.host.Have an idea for Pressing Matters? Email pressingmatters@bigvalley.co

We've got the inimitable Don Clark on Pressing Matters for episode 6!  For the past 40 years, Don has covered the highs and lows of technology, interviewing its leading players and charting the progress of companies like Apple from youthful hubris to halftime sponsorship. In this episode, Don shares his experience over the years, from getting into journalism at the dawn of investigative reporting to the current state of performance-driven media. What's a bouzouki, you say ... prepare to be informed.Who is Big Valley? We're a communications firm focused on B2B technology. We're a team of experts specializing in brand positioning, narrative and story development, media and influencer relations, and channel planning.  You can learn more about our team at www.BigValley.coLooking for more of Don?He freelances for The New York Times.He also tweets frequently from @donal888.Have an idea for Pressing Matters? Email pressingmatters@bigvalley.co 

In the fifth episode of Pressing Matters, a series of conversations with the top media + influencers in B2B technology, Dave Reddy continues his conversation with Tiernan Ray, writer for ZDNet, publisher of The Technology Letter, and more!Interested in more Big Valley? Check us out at www.BigValley.coHave an idea for Pressing Matters? Email pressingmatters@bigvalley.coLooking for Tiernan?Subscribe to The Technology Letter Read his pieces on AI at ZDNet

In the fourth episode of Pressing Matters, a series of conversations with the top media + influencers in B2B technology, Dave Reddy continues his conversation with CNET Editor-in-Chief Connie Guglielmo.Interested in more Big Valley? Check us out at www.BigValley.coHave an idea for Pressing Matters? Email pressingmatters@bigvalley.coLooking for Connie?Find her on Twitter at @techledes and on LinkedIn.

In the third episode of Pressing Matters, a series of conversations with the top media + influencers in B2B technology, Dave Reddy interviews CNET Editor-in-Chief Connie Guglielmo.Interested in more Big Valley? Check us out at www.BigValley.coHave an idea for Pressing Matters? Email pressingmatters@bigvalley.coLooking for Connie?Find her on Twitter at @techledes and on LinkedIn.

In the second episode of Pressing Matters, a series of conversations with the top media + influencers in B2B technology, Dave Reddy interviews Fortune Editor-at-Large & Editorial Director, Live Media, Michal Lev-Ram.Interested in more Big Valley? Check us out at www.BigValley.coHave an idea for Pressing Matters? Email pressingmatters@bigvalley.coLooking for Michal?Find her on Twitter at @mlevramMichal's Audible Original series, "Operation Firewall: Tracking Hackers in the Early Days of the Dark Web," is available at the above link.

In the very first episode of Pressing Matters, a series of conversations with the top media + influencers in B2B technology, brought to you by Big Valley Marketing, Dave Reddy interviews CNBC's Jon Fortt, one of the hardest working men in tech journalism. Interested in more Big Valley? Check us out at www.BigValley.coHave an idea for Pressing Matters? Email pressingmatters@bigvalley.coLooking for Jon?Find him online at news.forttknox.comFind him on Twitter at @JonFortt and YouTube at /forttknoxJon's course on The Black Experience in America can be found at be.forttmedia.com