As of November 25 2005, I'm the editor of the Technology supplement of The Guardian, which comes out every Thursday. It also has a blog, updated through the week.
From 1995 to December 2004 I was technology editor at The Independent writing about technology, science and the environment. Major stories covered in depth included the dot-com boom (when a study found me the most sceptical journalist in Fleet Street about dot-coms' prospects - hey, do you think I was right?), the BSE crisis, .... You can search The Independent's site for stories I've written there, but many are in paid-for parts of the site.
After that I freelanced - writing a weekly column for The Independent, and for other outlets too, including The Register and Netimperative.
Among the stories that I wrote at The Register were the
Before The Independent, I was at New Scientist magazine for two years, writing about technology and also editing features on a variety of topics.
I've written about business, sports, science, medicine and.. it would probably be simpler to say what I haven't written about.
I also do media training, explain how newspapers and magaines and online sites work, and especially what journalists want from you - whether you're a big or small company, experienced or newcomer to PR and dealing with the press. (Hint: we're not so scary as you might think; but caffeine and time pressures mean we tend to cut to the chase.)
If you want to get in touch, you can email me at:
blog@charlesarthur.com. (For more urgent communication, see my contact page.)
If you don't email direct from here (and why should you?) then beware my spam filters: blank subject lines, ALL CAPITALS and odd characters will all get trapped, and probably killed. Sorry - blame the spammers. Use a meaningful subject line. (Hi! isn't meaningful, just in case you were wondering.)