David M. Ewalt Explained

David M. Ewalt
Birth Place:United States
Occupation:Journalist and author
Employer:The Messenger

David M. Ewalt (born 1976) is an American journalist and author. Ewalt is the author of the books Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It (2013)[1] and Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution (2018).[2]

Career

David M. Ewalt was the Science & Technology Editor at The Messenger.[3] Previously he was Editor in Chief of Gizmodo,[4] an editor at The Wall Street Journal and Reuters, and wrote for a wide range of media outlets including The Wall Street Journal and New York magazine.[5] Before that, Ewalt was deputy editor of Forbes magazine, where he wrote numerous in-depth cover stories on technology companies including Oculus VR,[6] Magic Leap,[7] Microsoft,[8] Mojang,[9] SHI International,[10] and Bigelow Aerospace.[11] Prior to Forbes he was a reporter at InformationWeek.[12]

Ewalt is regarded as an expert on the intersection of technology and gaming and has been interviewed by media outlets including The New York Times[13] and National Public Radio,[14] [15] and he was a frequent guest on the live television program Attack of the Show![16] [17]

Ewalt has also been invited to speak to organizations including Google,[18] Microsoft Research,[19] and Huawei.[20]

Works

In 2013, Simon & Schuster published Ewalt's first book, Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It, about the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. It was reviewed by major publications including The Wall Street Journal,[21] The Seattle Times,[22] Los Angeles Times,[23] Kirkus,[24] and Publishers Weekly.[25] The book was picked as one of Amazon's Best Books of the Year[26] and listed as one of Hudson Booksellers' Best Books of 2013.[27]

In 2009, Ewalt co-created the inaugural Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People and has edited each annual update of the ranking.[5] The list has received significant global coverage and attention in the media, and Ewalt has appeared as a guest to discuss it on outlets including CNN,[28] MSNBC,[29] CNBC,[30] and Fox Business Network.[31]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Ewalt, David M. . 2013-08-20 . Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It . New York . Scribner . 9781451640502 . 893156770 . registration .
  2. Book: Ewalt, David M. . 2018-07-17 . Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution . New York . Blue Rider Press . 9781101983713 . 1047655715 .
  3. Web site: The Messenger To Launch May 15. Axios . 2023-05-02. 2023-05-02.
  4. Web site: MG/O Media Announces New Editors In Chief Of AV Club, Gizmodo, Jezebel . Cision . 2021-08-31 . 2021-09-14.
  5. Web site: About David M. Ewalt . 2019-06-23 . 2019-06-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190629012628/http://www.davidmewalt.com/about.html . dead .
  6. Web site: Palmer Luckey: Defying Reality . Forbes . 2015-01-19 . 2019-06-23.
  7. Web site: Inside Magic Leap, The Secretive $4.5 Billion Startup Changing Computing Forever . Forbes . 2016-11-02 . 2019-06-23.
  8. Web site: Microsoft Xbox Is Winning The Living Room War. Here's Why . Forbes . 2012-06-04 . 2019-06-23.
  9. Web site: Inside The Post-Minecraft Life Of Billionaire Gamer God Markus Persson . Forbes . 2013-03-03 . 2019-06-23.
  10. Web site: The Modest Tycoon Behind America's Biggest Woman-Owned Business . Forbes . 2015-05-27 . 2019-06-23.
  11. Web site: Cosmic Landlord . Forbes . 2016-08-11 . 2019-06-23.
  12. News: Ewalt . David . David M. Ewalt - InformationWeek . InformationWeek . 2019-06-23.
  13. News: Players Roll the Dice for Dungeons & Dragons Remake . The New York Times . Ethan . Gilsdorf . 2012-01-09 . 2019-06-23 .
  14. Web site: Virtual Reality Is About To Get Very Real . 2018-09-15 . 2019-06-23.
  15. Web site: 1.14.15: The New Puberty, Hits And Misses From CES, & A History Of Cheerleading . 2014-01-14 . 2019-06-23.
  16. Web site: Breaking Down The Apple News. dead. . 2009-12-11. 2019-06-23. 2022-04-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20220407120249/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tmbzm3YpwE&t=39s.
  17. Web site: Windows 7 Reactions and a Steve Jobs Absence . . 2009-12-09 . 2019-06-23.
  18. Web site: David Ewalt: "Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution" - Talks at Google. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/pzBvOOFfGM0 . 2021-12-19 . live. . 2018-09-16 . 2019-06-23.
  19. Web site: Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It - Microsoft Research . . 2012-01-09 . 2019-06-23.
  20. Web site: 4th European Huawei Innovation Day . 2017-04-08 . 2019-06-23 . 2019-06-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190626132014/https://www.huawei.com/au/press-events/events/hid2016/keynotedetail . dead .
  21. Web site: Tales From the Basement . The Wall Street Journal . 2013-08-26 . 2019-06-23.
  22. Web site: 'Of Dice and Men': the lure of Dungeons & Dragons . The Seattle Times . 2013-08-23 . 2019-06-23.
  23. Web site: There be dragons: 'Of Dice and Men' explores the story of D&D . Los Angeles Times . 2013-08-23 . 2019-06-23.
  24. Web site: OF DICE AND MEN . Kirkus . 2013-07-01 . 2019-06-23.
  25. Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It . Publishers Weekly . 2013-06-03 . 2019-06-23.
  26. Web site: Best of 2013 . Amazon.com . 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131130010910/http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=7728816011 . November 30, 2013 . dead . May 27, 2016.
  27. Web site: Hudson Booksellers Announces the Best Books of 2013 . PR Newswire . 2013-11-12 . 2019-06-23.
  28. Web site: Forbes releases 2015 most powerful people list . 2015-11-04 . 2019-06-23.
  29. Web site: Putin ranks at top of 'Most Powerful People' list . . 2016-12-14 . 2019-06-23.
  30. Web site: Forbes most powerful person of 2016 is not Trump . . 2014-12-14 . 2019-06-23.
  31. Web site: Trump beat by Putin, China's Xi in Forbes most powerful person list . . 2018-05-08 . 2019-06-23.