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The short version:

My name is Mathew Ingram and I am currently a senior writer at GigaOm.com, one of the leading technology blog networks in the United States, based in San Francisco and founded in 2006 by former Forbes and Business 2.0 writer Om Malik. I write about the evolution of media and content and all that involves, including social media, Google, and the web in general — plus anything else that comes along.

Up until January 2010, I worked for The Globe and Mail, a daily national newspaper based in Toronto. I was the Globe’s first “communities editor,” a new position aimed at helping make it easier for readers to interact with the paper and its writers and content. I write on my personal blog about personal things, as well as things that don’t really fit at GigaOm. I sometimes write about media and the evolution of traditional media here, as well as at the Nieman Journalism Lab.

You can find me on Twitter, as well as on Facebook, and on LinkedIn. Feel free to email me at mathew@mathewingram.com — I can’t guarantee that I will reply, but I will do my best. I can also be reached for business purposes at mathew@gigaom.com

The long version:

I was born in a little town called Zweibrucken in Germany in 1962, while my father — a fighter pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force — was stationed there. We came back to Canada when I was little and lived on Air Force bases in a number of different places, including Winnipeg, Manitoba; Cold Lake, Alberta; Downsview, Toronto and Chatham, New Brunswick. I went to the University of Waterloo and got a degree in English, then went to Ryerson University in Toronto and got my journalism degree.

I worked at the Globe and Mail and the London Free Press for a summer each, and then moved to Edmonton to work for a legendary newspaperman and hellraiser named Ted Byfield at a weekly magazine called Alberta Report (which is now defunct). I moved back to Toronto in 1991 and worked at the Financial Times of Canada (now also defunct), then moved to the Globe to write about the stock market.

After several years of doing that, I moved to Calgary and wrote a column about Western Canadian business, then in 2000 I moved back to Toronto to become the online business columnist for the Globe’s relaunched website — possibly the first online-only columnist in Canadian journalism. I wrote about business and technology (and started the Globe’s first blog) and then moved into writing about new media.

In 2008, I became the paper’s first communities editor, a job that was designed to help writers and editors learn about and employ “social media” tools such as Twitter and Facebook to connect with readers. I launched the ground-breaking Policy Wiki, re-launched the Globe’s Facebook page and helped design and/or implement a number of social-media tools. I’m also one of the co-founders of an annual Toronto-based Web conference called mesh.

I live in Toronto with my wife Rebecca and our three beautiful daughters Caitlin, Meaghan and Zoe, and two cats.

  • http://mesh.dreamhosters.com/blog/2006/05/14/mesh-setup-and-barcamp-tdot/ mesh blog

    dealing with gear a.k.a. swag (oh yes, there will be gear), badges, “flow” and so forth. Very much in making-the-sausage mode. Things are coming together swimmingly, I am happy to say. We are feeling sort-of ready for Monday. Sort-of [IMG :-)] BTW,Mathewmakes a lousy stand-in for Om. [IMG :-)] I’m now at BarCamp TDot, of which mesh, myself, Rob and Mike are sponsors. There are still a lot of people here in a big empty warehouse room near Dufferin and King, but there were apparently 130 or so here

  • http://www.meshconference.com/blog/2006/05/14/mesh-setup-and-barcamp-tdot/ mesh blog

    dealing with gear a.k.a. swag (oh yes, there will be gear), badges, “flow” and so forth. Very much in making-the-sausage mode. Things are coming together swimmingly, I am happy to say. We are feeling sort-of ready for Monday. Sort-of [IMG :-)] BTW,Mathewmakes a lousy stand-in for Om. [IMG :-)] I’m now at BarCamp TDot, of which mesh, myself, Rob and Mike are sponsors. There are still a lot of people here in a big empty warehouse room near Dufferin and King, but there were apparently 130 or so here

  • http://ricksegal.typepad.com/pmv/2006/02/techcrunch5_mor.html The Post Money Value

    A couple of ‘random’ types were sucking up to Robert Scoble’s kid, giving him seriously nice free goodies. The overhead part was “Hopefully, we will get a meet.” Lame, boyz, really lame. Memo to Mark Evans andMatthew Ingram: Let’s borrow somebody’s house and throw a party like this in Toronto. I’ll pitch in some FF miles and we’ll get Sand Hill Slave to make her first bay street appearance. Memo to Hugh: Does this go on at the Geek Dinners in London?

  • http://mathewingram.com/media mathewingram.com/media

    The Globe and Mail in Toronto, and this is where I blog about the intersection of media and the Web. Send email to mathew (at) mathewingram.com, or for a little more info about me, click on the picture. [IMG]

  • http://powerspam.blogspot.com/2006/11/web-20-television-more-web20newspaper.html web2+

    , also tipped me off.) As Grant-Adamson pointed out, several journos and writers have delved into SL, including Jonathan Cohen here at RBN, whose revealing post about his time in SL is also worth a read. Globe and Mail tech writer Mathew Ingram ‘s forays into Second Life seem to remain on his personal site so far. And on his work blog, Ingram last week begged to differ with TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington that the “insider information and conflicts of interest

  • http://www.web2.0television.com/blog/2006/11/07/more-web20newspaper-links-than-anyone-could-ever-want/ Web 2.0 Television

    , also tipped me off.) As Grant-Adamson pointed out, several journos and writers have delved into SL, including Jonathan Cohen here at RBN, whose revealing post about his time in SL is also worth a read. Globe and Mail tech writer Mathew Ingram ‘s forays into Second Life seem to remain on his personal site so far. And on his work blog, Ingram last week begged to differ with TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington that the “insider information and conflicts of interest

  • http://texasvc.weblogswork.com/2006/11/25/who-i-read-mathew-ingram/ Texas Startup Blog: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Texas

    [IMG]Periodically people ask me which blogs I read so I decided to start doing little profiles on the bloggers I respect and read (well I don’t respect all of the people I read, but don’t tell anyone).

  • http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2006/11/25/who-i-read-mathew-ingram/ Texas Startup Blog: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Texas

    [IMG]Periodically people ask me which blogs I read so I decided to start doing little profiles on the bloggers I respect and read (well I don’t respect all of the people I read, but don’t tell anyone).

  • http://www.mathewingram.com/media/?p=68 mathewingram.com/media » Are newspaper blogs “real” blogs?

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  • http://www.CashCreditandLoans.com Personal Finance

    then moved to Edmonton to work at a weekly magazine
    called Alberta Report .
    I moved back to Toronto and worked
    at the Financial Times of Canada

  • http://www.flavorbean.com flavored Coffee

    I moved to Calgary and wrote a column about Western Canadian business

  • http://thinkreallybig.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/4th-panelist-addedhave-you-bought-your-ticket-yet/ 4th Panelist added…have you bought your ticket yet?? «

    [...] Director and Head of Google Canada; and just added as our 4th panel memeber,  Mathew Ingram, Communities Editor, technology writer and blogger, Globe & Mail. The panel will be moderated [...]

  • http://www.goodideassalons.com/2009/06/video-good-ideas-in-media-toronto/ Good Ideas Salons » Blog Archive » Video: Good Ideas in Media, Toronto

    [...] at Hill & Knowlton, Toronto; and Jonathan Lister, Managing Director and Head of Google Canada, Mathew Ingram, Communities Editor, technology writer and blogger, Globe & Mail and is moderated by Tony [...]

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Work-Doyle/1557751069 Chris Work Doyle

    Mathew:

    I dig your work.
    Love to chat with you when you get a chance, just to pick your brain.

    Chris Doyle
    Naples News Media Group
    chris.doyle@naplesnews.com
    239-435-3433

  • htiduj19

    ill cite one of your blog for my related literature in my thesis. our topic is about online newspapers vs.print newspapers. thanks :)

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    This is the great blog, I'm reading them for a while, thanks for the new posts!

  • http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/09/13/are-newspaper-paywalls-possible-maybe/ Are Newspaper Paywalls Possible? Maybe. | Mark Evans Tech

    [...] this week at TEDxTO, Mathew Ingram argued Old Media (aka newspapers) needs to evolve, rather than be saved. and that newspapers need [...]

  • http://democamp.com/2009/09/27/go-west-to-guelph-on-sept-30-2009/ Go west to Guelph on Sept 30, 2009

    [...] Mathew Ingram will be talking with us about how the Globe is trying to think more like a startup. Mathew is the Communities Editor of the Globe and Mail, a technology blogger and co-founder of the annual mesh conference in Toronto [...]

  • http://gigaom.com/2010/01/08/some-thoughts-on-joining-the-gigaom-family/ Some Thoughts on Joining the GigaOM Family – GigaOM

    [...] you’re wondering who I am and why you should care, you can find out more about me on my blog, on my Facebook page, through my LinkedIn profile or by following me on Twitter. For the past 15 [...]

  • http://twitter.com/greenlinux greenlinux

    Hi, it would be good to chat with you. I run http://www.linuxnewsnow.com

  • timothy

    Dear Rev. Chris Work Doyle
    Greetings to you in the matchless name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
    It’s my privilege to write this letter to you.
    The main reason to write this letter is because, recently with the great help of God we could able to build a new Church for his cause. So, we are going to dedicated this Church on February 26th at Gunjavaram village.
    On this wonderful blessed occasion here may be 450 to 500 people are going to attend this programme. So, we want to feed all of them with a simple feat for viewing this programme.
    And it is to inform you that we have widows about 200 members. And we have poor children who are going to attend this programme. For them we are planning to give gifts for children and clothes (saees) for widows.
    We are kindly requesting you to help us in this matter with money. We are in lack of financial help.
    If you are sponsoring for us for any of these needs, we will distribute on your name and take pictures and send it to you.
    Please take concerned, how much you are willing to sponsor for this programme, it’s your will and do it according to God’s will and make this programme a successful one.
    If you want any more details kindly contact through this web site.www.cgmin.webs.com

    Thanking you,
    With best regards,
    Yours Brother in His service,
    Pastor.Timothy.Nethala

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  • http://www.ResiliencyForLife.com/ ResilientMichael

    I really enjoyed the Financial Times of Canada when I worked in sales and marketing. Kept we two steps ahead.

  • http://twitter.com/kenjiokumura Kenji

    I agree that for local social/geo-community networks it helps that community members are not anonymous.

    From my small slice of the world running a neighborhood social network that developed over a passionate school board issue I can attest that the anonymous comments many times derailed otherwise constructive discussions. After implementing a first and last name, 2 strikes / out, and the right of the admin to check ID in person (never had to do it) the discussions were elevated.

  • http://blog.newswire.ca/wordpress-mu/fr/2010/04/07/venez-prendre-le-petit-dejeuner-avec-cnw-sous-le-theme-%c2%ab-la-nouvelle-salle-de-redaction-%c2%bb/ Plus Loin Que Le Fil » Venez prendre le petit-déjeuner avec CNW sous le thème « La nouvelle salle de rédaction »

    [...] « innover ou mourir ». Scott Anderson, rédacteur en chef à Canwest News Service, et Mathew Ingram, rédacteur principal sur le réseau de blogues GigaOm, traiteront des nouvelles salles de [...]

  • http://blog.newswire.ca/wordpress-mu/2010/05/20/q-and-a-with-mathew-ingram/ Beyond the Wire » Q and A with Mathew Ingram

    [...] week we posted Kirk LaPointe’s answers to the questions from our Vancouver breakfast and here Mathew Ingram, Senior Writer at GigaOm, addresses a couple of the questions that came in from the webcast that we [...]

  • http://echoechome.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/gigaom-likes-echoecho-privacy/ GigaOm likes echoecho privacy ;) | echoecho – locations and stuff…

    [...] Mathew Ingram writes a nice roundup about privacy – and echoecho gets a shout-out. “A startup called echoecho offers a service that allows you to request someone’s location quickly and easily, and they can decide to tell you or not, depending on where they are, what they’re doing, and what relationship you have with them. echoecho founder Nick Bicanic says this makes it easier for people to change their minds on who they want to tell, rather than just constantly broadcasting their location to everyone.” [...]

  • http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/11/catalysts-the-globe-and-mails-community-brain-trust/ Catalysts: The Globe and Mail’s community brain trust » Nieman Journalism Lab

    [...] of the paper’s print and online redesign that rolled out this fall. (The idea, actually, was Mathew Ingram’s — the Lab contributor who, before he became a writer at GigaOm, spent 17 years at the Globe.) To [...]

  • http://trevcampbell.org/2011/02/14/newspapers-still-popular/ Newspapers: Still Popular « Message Medium

    [...] media. There are, after all, many credible, purely digital news sources, some of them led by talented ex-journalists, who will ensure that online media continues to [...]

  • http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2011/04/spark-143-april-3-6-2011/ Spark 143 – April 3 & 6, 2011 | Spark | CBC Radio

    [...] brash young start-ups. (Runs 12:16)Play audio: Audio player needs Flash9+ (download) and JavaScript.Mathew IngramMathew’s posts on GigaOMInvestopedia: What Does Tech bubble Mean?Full uncut version of [...]

  • http://www.nyjournalistik.dk/2011/04/k%c3%a6re-journalister-ga-nu-i-dialog-med-jeres-brugere/ Kære journalister: Gå nu i dialog med jeres brugere! « Ny Journalistik

    [...] alvor glæde af de nye medier, skriver tidligere communityredaktør på canadiske Globe & Mail, Mathew Ingram, i en rammende [...]

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