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Ashley Faler, left; Jade-Ruyu, right.<\/p>\n
Tech Policy Press is expanding its team. Today, we are pleased to announce two new additions that reflect our commitment to delivering news, analysis, and perspective on issues at the intersection of technology and democracy from a global perspective: a new Assistant Editor joining our full-time staff, and a new Reporting Fellow based in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
Ashley Faler<\/p>\n
Tech Policy Press is pleased to announce that Ashley Faler has joined its full-time staff<\/a> as Assistant Editor, where she will help increase the visibility of the organization\u2019s editorial products and shape the organization\u2019s work to advance a pro-democracy movement in tech and tech policy. Ashley has a background in strategic communications, tech policy, and social impact, having led storytelling and engagement efforts at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and a variety of other US government agencies and nonprofits.<\/p>\n “Ashley joins us at a pivotal moment for Tech Policy Press. As we work to broaden our contributor base and deepen our engagement with the policymakers, advocates, researchers, and civil society voices who are driving change in their own contexts around the world, we need people who understand the complexity of that landscape and the power of strategic communication to cut through it,\u201d said Justin Hendrix, CEO and Editor of Tech Policy Press. \u201cAshley’s experience gives her a rare ability to translate between communities, and that is exactly what we need to help us better serve a global audience.”<\/p>\n Ashley holds a Master\u2019s in Government from Johns Hopkins University, where she wrote her thesis on the intersection of social media and student activism in the United States, and a Bachelor\u2019s in International Affairs from George Washington University.<\/p>\n Jade-Ruyu Yan<\/p>\n Tech Policy Press is also pleased to announce that Jade-Ruyu Yan has been selected as the inaugural UK Tech Reporting Fellow through its cross-newsroom collaboration with OpenDemocracy<\/a>. Jade-Ruyu, an investigative journalist from Hong Kong, brings a strong background to this fellowship, where she will track, investigate, and analyze the rapidly evolving tech and society beat in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n