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}}'''Michael A. Rogers''' is a novelist, journalist and futurist, who also served as futurist-in-residence for [[The New York Times]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/48396/new-york-times-looks-ahead-appoints-futurist-in-r.html |title=New York Times Looks Ahead, Appoints Futurist-in-Residence |publisher=Media Daily News |date=2006-09-20 |access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref> He has worked with companies including [[FedEx]], [[Boeing]], [[NBC Universal]], [[Prudential Financial|Prudential]], [[Dow Corning]], [[American Express]], and [[Microsoft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leadingauthorities.com/speakers/michael-rogers |title=Speaker: Michael Rogers |publisher=Leading Authorities, Inc. |access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref>


==Biography==
'''Michael Rogers''' is a technology pioneer, author, and [[futurist]] who recently completed two years as futurist-in-residence for [[The New York Times Company]] <ref>http://www.iwantmedia.com/people/people62.html</ref><ref>http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/trends/the_futurist_in_the_nyt_attic_70944.asp</ref>. He is a columnist for MSNBC.com<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7213611/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/</ref>, and also helps businesses and organizations worldwide think about the future. In recent years he has worked with companies ranging from [[FedEx]], [[Boeing]] and [[NBC Universal]] to Prudential, [[Dow Corning]], [[American Express]] and [[Genentech]].
Rogers was born in California and graduated from [[Stanford University]] in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in creative writing and minor in physics, with additional training in finance and management at Stanford Business School’s Executive Program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://go.authorsguild.org/members/6421 | title=Profile - Michael Rogers |publisher=The Authors Guild |access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref>


== Media and Technology Career ==
==Media and Technology Career==
For ten years Rogers was vice president of [[The Washington Post Company]]'s new media division, overseeing both the newspaper and its sister publication [[Newsweek]], as well as serving as editor and general manager of Newsweek.com. From 2006 to 2008 he was futurist-in-residence for [[The New York Times Company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2008/sep/05/newyorktimesfuturistmichae |title=New York Times futurist Michael Rogers to leave |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2008-05-09 |access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref>
For ten years Rogers was vice president of [[The Washington Post Company]]'s new media division, guiding both the newspaper and its sister publication [[Newsweek]] into the 21st century, as well as serving as editor and general manager of Newsweek.com. He is also a regular guest on radio and television including [[Good Morning America]], [[The Today Show]], [[PBS]], [[CNN]] and [[The History Channel]].


He began his career as a writer for [[Rolling Stone]], where he covered the historic Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.mit.edu/endy/www/readings/RollingStone(189)37.pdf |title=The Pandora's Box Congress |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=1975-06-09 |access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref> In 1976, his investigative article was the first to publicly identify Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were a crucial tool for medical research.<ref>Skloot, R. (2010). The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. United States: Crown. pp. 191-193.</ref>
He began his career as a writer for [[Rolling Stone]] and went on to co-found [[Outside Magazine]]. He then launched Newsweek’s technology column, winning numerous journalism awards, including a National Headliner Award for coverage of Chernobyl and a Distinguished Online Service award from the National Press Club for coverage of 9/11.


While at Rolling Stone, he co-founded [[Outside Magazine]].<ref>Wenner, J. S. (2022). <i>Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir.</i> United States: Little, Brown. p. 218.</ref> He then launched Newsweek’s technology column, winning numerous journalism awards, including a National Headliner Award for coverage of [[Chernobyl]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/06/National-Headliner-Awards-winners-announced/8394542005200/ |title=National Headliner Awards winners announced |publisher=UPI |date=1987-03-06 |access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref> and a Distinguished Online Service award from the National Press Club for coverage of 9/11.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.press.org/sites/default/files/awardwinners.pdf |title=Programs & Events: NPC Award Winners |publisher=[[National Press Club (United States)]] |date= |access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref>
He began working with interactive media in 1986, when he developed the storyline for the first Lucasfilm computer game. In 1993 he produced the world's first CD-ROM newsmagazine for Newsweek, going on to develop areas on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodigy_(online_service)|Prodigy]], [[America Online]] and then a series of Internet sites. In 1999 he received a patent for the bimodal spine<ref>http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=Newsweek.ASNM.&OS=AN/Newsweek&RS=AN/Newsweek</ref>, a multimedia storytelling technique, and is listed in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. In 2007 he was named to the Magazine Industry Digital Hall of Fame, and in 2009 he received the World Technology Network Award for Lifetime Achievement in Media and Journalism<ref>http://www.wtn.net/summit2010/nominees.html</ref>.


Rogers began working with interactive media in 1986, when he developed the storyline for Ballblazer, the first Lucasfilm computer game.<ref>DeMaria, Rusel (2018). <i>High Score! Expanded: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games</i>. United States: CRC Press. p. 172.</ref> In 1993 he produced the world's first CD-ROM newsmagazine for Newsweek<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/1993/02/newsweek-does-interactive/ |title=Newsweek Does Interactive
He regularly addresses audiences worldwide, ranging from venture capitalists and corporate executives to educators, students and the general public. In 1989 he was founding chairperson of the European Technology Roundtable, an annual CEO gathering, which he continues to moderate along with the newer Asian Technology Roundtable.
|publisher=Wired Magazine |date=1993-02-01 |access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref> and in 1995 he created an interactive CD-ROM/book combination <em>The Parent’s Guide to Children’s Software</em>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/newsweek126novnewy/page/n541/mode/2up?q=%22Parent%27s+Guide+to+Children%27s+Software%22 |title=Ad for Parent's Guide to Children's Software
|publisher=Newsweek |date=1995-12-11 |access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref> He went on to develop areas on [[Prodigy (online service)|Prodigy]], [[America Online]], and then a series of Internet news sites. In 1999 he received a patent for the bimodal spine,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?q=(5915256).pn. |title=Multimedia Method And Apparatus For Presenting A Story Using A Bimodal Spine
|publisher=Patent Public Search |date=1999-06-22 |access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref> a multimedia storytelling technique, and was subsequently listed in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. In 2007 he was named to the Magazine Industry Digital Hall of Fame, and in 2009 he received the World Technology Network Award for Achievement in Media and Journalism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wtn.net/summit2009/nominees.html |title=The World Technology Summit 2010 |publisher=Wtn.net |date=2010-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524023851/http://www.wtn.net/summit2009/nominees.html |access-date=2024-04-11|archive-date=2011-05-24 }}</ref>


==Publications==
Rogers studied physics and creative writing at Stanford University with additional training in finance and management at Stanford Business School’s Executive Program. He is also a best-selling novelist whose fiction explores the human impact of technology. He lives in New York City and is at work on his next book.


== Publications ==
=== Books===
*''Mindfogger'' (Novel; Knopf, 1973) {{ISBN|978-0-394-48401-3}}<ref name="Rogers1973">{{cite book|author=Michael Rogers|title=Mindfogger|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GeaxAAAAIAAJ|access-date=July 23, 2013|year=1973|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated|isbn=978-0-394-48401-3}}</ref>
*''Do Not Worry About the Bear'' (Short stories; Knopf, 1977) {{ISBN|978-0-394-50191-8}}<ref name="Rogers1979">{{cite book|author=Michael Rogers|title=Do Not Worry about the Bear: Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YOgNAAAAIAAJ|access-date=July 23, 2013|date=January 1, 1979|publisher=Knopf|isbn=9780394501918}}</ref>
*''Biohazard'' (Nonfiction; Knopf, 1979) {{ISBN|978-0-394-40128-7}}<ref name="Rogers1977">{{cite book|author=Michael Rogers|title=Biohazard|url=https://archive.org/details/biohazard0000roge|url-access=registration|access-date=July 23, 2013|year=1977|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|isbn=978-0-394-40128-7}}</ref>
*''Silicon Valley'' (Novel; Simon & Schuster, 1983) {{ISBN|978-0-671-41030-8}}<ref name="Rogers1982">{{cite book|author=Michael Rogers|title=Silicon Valley: A Novel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U-axAAAAIAAJ|access-date=July 23, 2013|date=January 1, 1982|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-41030-8}}</ref>
*''Forbidden Sequence'' (Novel; Bantam, 1989) {{ISBN|978-0-553-27080-8}}<ref name="Rogers1987">{{cite book|author=Michael Rogers|title=Forbidden Sequence|url=https://archive.org/details/forbiddensequenc00roge|url-access=registration|access-date=July 23, 2013|date=December 1, 1987|publisher=Bantam Books|isbn=978-0-553-27080-8}}</ref>
*''Email from the Future: Notes from 2084'' (Novel; PF, 2022) {{ISBN|978-0-578-35537-5}}<ref name="Rogers2022">{{cite book|author=Michael Rogers|title=Email from the Future: Notes from 2084|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzrezgEACAAJ|access-date=April 12, 2024|date=February 17, 2022|publisher=Practical Futurist|isbn=978-0-578-35537-5}}</ref>


==Honors and Awards==
''Books''<br />
*1974: American Association for the Advancement of Science Distinguished Science Writing<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sjawards.aaas.org/awards/field_award_category/magazine-3/field_award_year/1974-42 |title=AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards |publisher=sjawards.aaas.org |date=1973-10-11 |access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref>
Mindfogger (Novel; Knopf, 1973)<br />
*1987: National Headliner Award for coverage of Chernobyl meltdown<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/06/National-Headliner-Awards-winners-announced/8394542005200/ |title=National Headliner Awards winners announced |publisher=upi.com |date=1987-03-06|access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref>
Do Not Worry About the Bear (Short stories; Knopf, 1977)<br />
*2003: National Press Club Award for Distinguished Contribution to Online Journalism, for coverage of 9-11 on newsweek.com<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpress.org/awards-dinner/2003-awards-dinner/ |title=2003 Awards Dinner |publisher=nationalpress.org |date=2015-10-17|access-date=2024-04-11}}</ref>
Biohazard (Nonfiction; Knopf, 1979)<br />
*2007: Magazine Industry Digital Hall of Fame Inductee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minonline.com/mds/finalists2007.html |title=min's Best of Web Winners |publisher=MinOnline |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070425062309/http://www.minonline.com/mds/finalists2007.html |access-date=2024-04-11|archive-date=2007-04-25 }}</ref>
Silicon Valley (Novel; Simon & Schuster, 1983)<br />
*2009: World Technology Network Award for Achievement in Media and Journalism<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtn.net/summit2009/nominees.html |title=The World Technology Summit & Awards 2009 |publisher=Wtn.net |date=2009-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524023851/http://www.wtn.net/summit2009/nominees.html |access-date=2024-04-11 |archive-date=2011-05-24 }}</ref>
Forbidden Sequence (Novel; Bantam, 1989)<br />


==References==
''Periodicals''<br />
Fiction, nonfiction and criticism and photography in dozens of magazines, ranging from Look and Esquire to Playboy and the New York Times, and in numerous anthologies.

''Interactive Media''<br />
Console<br />
1986: BALLBLAZER; Lucasfilm Games; Atari 2600 (writer) Laserdisc/Macintosh
1989: UPHEAVAL IN CHINA; Newsweek; limited release (producer/managing editor)

Diskette<br />
1990: NOT EXACTLY UNIQUE; Tor Productions; limited release (co-producer/writer)
CD-ROM<br />
1993: UNFINISHED BUSINESS: MENDING THE EARTH; Sony MMCD (producer/managing editor)<br />
1994: Newsweek InterActive Documentary Series; Sony MMCD/Software Toolworks, DOS (Producer/Managing Editor) <br />
VOLUME I: UNFINISHED BUSINESS/THE BUSINESS OF BASEBALL<br />
VOLUME II: BEHIND THE SCREENS/ WHAT AILS US?<br />
VOLUME III: GLOBOCOP/THE SECRET LIFE OF ANIMALS <br />
1995: DRIVING THE DATA HIGHWAY; Newsweek; Macintosh/Windows (writer-producer), NEW MEDIA AT THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY; Digital Ink; Macintosh/Windows (producer)<br />
1996: NEWSWEEK PARENT’S GUIDE TO CHILDREN’S SOFTWARE; Digital Ink; Macintosh/Windows (executive producer/writer/host)

== Honors and Awards ==
1974: American Association for the Advancement of Science Distinguished Science Writing<ref>http://archives.aaas.org/people.php?p_id=546</ref><br />
1988: National Headliners Award<br />
1989: Computer Press Association Outstanding Feature Writing<br />
2007: Magazine Industry Digital Hall of Fame Inductee<br />
2009: World Technology Network Award for Lifetime Achievement in Media and Journalism<br />

== Employment ==

2006 - 2008: Futurist in Residence, The New York Times<br />
1996 - 2006: Vice President, Editorial Research and Development, Washington Post-Newsweek New Media<br />
1995 - 1996: Executive Producer, Broadband Division, The Washington Post Company<br />
1992 - 1995: Managing Editor, Newsweek InterActive<br />
1991 - 1994: Senior Writer, Newsweek Magazine<br />
1983 - 1991: General Editor, Newsweek Magazine<br />
1978 - 1982: Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone Correspondent, Outside<br />
1977 - 1978: Co-Founder and Editor-at-Large, Outside Magazine<br />
1972 - 1976: Associate Editor, Rolling Stone<br />

== Education ==
Stanford University, BA in Creative Writing, 1972 (minor in Physics)

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== External links ==
==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.michaelrogers.com}}
* [http://www.ideaconnection.com/interviews/00064-Don%27t-Say-No-Until-I-Finish-Talking.html/ ideaconnection.com] A conversation with Rogers on technology and innovation.
* [http://www.ideaconnection.com/interviews/00064-Don%27t-Say-No-Until-I-Finish-Talking.html/ A conversation with Rogers on technology and innovation], ideaconnection.com
* [http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto022220071953085697/ financialtimes.com] An article about the future of journalism and the New York Times.
* [https://www.geekwire.com/2022/should-robots-be-taxed-email-from-the-future-imagines-a-world-without-ultra-rich-techies/ Rogers on Utopia], GeekWire

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Michael Rogers
Black and white headshot of Michael Rogers
Credit: Donna Rini
Occupation(s)Author and Futurist

Michael A. Rogers is a novelist, journalist and futurist, who also served as futurist-in-residence for The New York Times.[1] He has worked with companies including FedEx, Boeing, NBC Universal, Prudential, Dow Corning, American Express, and Microsoft.[2]

Biography

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Rogers was born in California and graduated from Stanford University in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in creative writing and minor in physics, with additional training in finance and management at Stanford Business School’s Executive Program.[3]

Media and Technology Career

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For ten years Rogers was vice president of The Washington Post Company's new media division, overseeing both the newspaper and its sister publication Newsweek, as well as serving as editor and general manager of Newsweek.com. From 2006 to 2008 he was futurist-in-residence for The New York Times Company.[4]

He began his career as a writer for Rolling Stone, where he covered the historic Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA in 1974.[5] In 1976, his investigative article was the first to publicly identify Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were a crucial tool for medical research.[6]

While at Rolling Stone, he co-founded Outside Magazine.[7] He then launched Newsweek’s technology column, winning numerous journalism awards, including a National Headliner Award for coverage of Chernobyl[8] and a Distinguished Online Service award from the National Press Club for coverage of 9/11.[9]

Rogers began working with interactive media in 1986, when he developed the storyline for Ballblazer, the first Lucasfilm computer game.[10] In 1993 he produced the world's first CD-ROM newsmagazine for Newsweek[11] and in 1995 he created an interactive CD-ROM/book combination The Parent’s Guide to Children’s Software.[12] He went on to develop areas on Prodigy, America Online, and then a series of Internet news sites. In 1999 he received a patent for the bimodal spine,[13] a multimedia storytelling technique, and was subsequently listed in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. In 2007 he was named to the Magazine Industry Digital Hall of Fame, and in 2009 he received the World Technology Network Award for Achievement in Media and Journalism.[14]

Publications

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Books

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  • Mindfogger (Novel; Knopf, 1973) ISBN 978-0-394-48401-3[15]
  • Do Not Worry About the Bear (Short stories; Knopf, 1977) ISBN 978-0-394-50191-8[16]
  • Biohazard (Nonfiction; Knopf, 1979) ISBN 978-0-394-40128-7[17]
  • Silicon Valley (Novel; Simon & Schuster, 1983) ISBN 978-0-671-41030-8[18]
  • Forbidden Sequence (Novel; Bantam, 1989) ISBN 978-0-553-27080-8[19]
  • Email from the Future: Notes from 2084 (Novel; PF, 2022) ISBN 978-0-578-35537-5[20]

Honors and Awards

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  • 1974: American Association for the Advancement of Science Distinguished Science Writing[21]
  • 1987: National Headliner Award for coverage of Chernobyl meltdown[22]
  • 2003: National Press Club Award for Distinguished Contribution to Online Journalism, for coverage of 9-11 on newsweek.com[23]
  • 2007: Magazine Industry Digital Hall of Fame Inductee[24]
  • 2009: World Technology Network Award for Achievement in Media and Journalism[25]

References

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  1. ^ "New York Times Looks Ahead, Appoints Futurist-in-Residence". Media Daily News. 2006-09-20. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  2. ^ "Speaker: Michael Rogers". Leading Authorities, Inc. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  3. ^ "Profile - Michael Rogers". The Authors Guild. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  4. ^ "New York Times futurist Michael Rogers to leave". The Guardian. 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  5. ^ "The Pandora's Box Congress" (PDF). Rolling Stone. 1975-06-09. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  6. ^ Skloot, R. (2010). The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. United States: Crown. pp. 191-193.
  7. ^ Wenner, J. S. (2022). Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir. United States: Little, Brown. p. 218.
  8. ^ "National Headliner Awards winners announced". UPI. 1987-03-06. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  9. ^ "Programs & Events: NPC Award Winners" (PDF). National Press Club (United States). Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  10. ^ DeMaria, Rusel (2018). High Score! Expanded: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games. United States: CRC Press. p. 172.
  11. ^ "Newsweek Does Interactive". Wired Magazine. 1993-02-01. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  12. ^ "Ad for Parent's Guide to Children's Software". Newsweek. 1995-12-11. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  13. ^ "Multimedia Method And Apparatus For Presenting A Story Using A Bimodal Spine". Patent Public Search. 1999-06-22. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  14. ^ "The World Technology Summit 2010". Wtn.net. 2010-12-01. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  15. ^ Michael Rogers (1973). Mindfogger. Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-394-48401-3. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  16. ^ Michael Rogers (January 1, 1979). Do Not Worry about the Bear: Stories. Knopf. ISBN 9780394501918. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  17. ^ Michael Rogers (1977). Biohazard. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-40128-7. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  18. ^ Michael Rogers (January 1, 1982). Silicon Valley: A Novel. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-41030-8. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  19. ^ Michael Rogers (December 1, 1987). Forbidden Sequence. Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-27080-8. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  20. ^ Michael Rogers (February 17, 2022). Email from the Future: Notes from 2084. Practical Futurist. ISBN 978-0-578-35537-5. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  21. ^ "AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards". sjawards.aaas.org. 1973-10-11. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  22. ^ "National Headliner Awards winners announced". upi.com. 1987-03-06. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  23. ^ "2003 Awards Dinner". nationalpress.org. 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  24. ^ "min's Best of Web Winners". MinOnline. Archived from the original on 2007-04-25. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  25. ^ "The World Technology Summit & Awards 2009". Wtn.net. 2009-07-15. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
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