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Brian X. Chen, the lead consumer technology writer for The New York Times, writes Tech…

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Publications

  • Always On

    Da Capo/Perseus

    A book about how the iPhone changed everything, and the surprising and expansive significance of Apple's incredibly powerful vertical business model.

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Honors & Awards

  • Winner, Excellence in Business Reporting

    Asian American Journalists Association

    My feature "The Cost of Being an Interchangeable Asian" won an award for excellence in business reporting at the AAJA's 2022 conference.

  • Honorable Mention

    Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing

    My feature "The Cost of Being an Interchangeable Asian" received an honorable mention for the small business/management/career award.

  • Winner, Investigative Reporting

    Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism

    Winner of the investigative category for “Facebook, Disinformation and Privacy” – The New York Times

  • Finalist

    Pulitzer Prizes

    My column on downloading my Facebook data was part of a collection of stories that became a finalist for the national reporting award “for reporting on how Facebook and other tech firms allowed the spread of misinformation and failed to protect consumer privacy, leading to Cambridge Analytica’s theft of 50 million people’s private information, data that was used to boost Donald Trump’s campaign.”

  • Winner, National Reporting

    George Polk Awards

    My column about downloading my Facebook data was part of this winning series: "The award for National Reporting goes to the staff of The New York Times for a series of investigative reports focusing on how social media titans like Facebook maximized profits and misled regulators as well as the public with little regard for the consequences of failing to monitor misuse that included the widespread dissemination of hate-mongering, invasion of privacy and filing false reports. The Times’ stories…

    My column about downloading my Facebook data was part of this winning series: "The award for National Reporting goes to the staff of The New York Times for a series of investigative reports focusing on how social media titans like Facebook maximized profits and misled regulators as well as the public with little regard for the consequences of failing to monitor misuse that included the widespread dissemination of hate-mongering, invasion of privacy and filing false reports. The Times’ stories prodded governmental action across the globe and caused millions of consumers to rethink their use of the Internet."

  • Publisher’s Award

    The New York Times

    An award from our publisher, for "bringing slippery issues like online privacy down to earth with pieces relevant and important to our readers’ daily lives."

  • Finalist, Online Journalism Award for Outstanding Use of Digital Technologies

    ONA

  • National Magazine Award finalist

    ASME

  • Silver award for Reviews Department

    ASBPE

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