Top Journalists in Web Site Development

Eric L. Barnes Laravel News

Editor of Laravel News, Eric covers the Laravel/PHP ecosystem with a focus on practical tooling and community trends. Specialties: Laravel, PHP, open source community news, framework releases and tutorials.

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Jenna Barron SD Times

News editor at SD Times, Jenna drives daily developer-focused coverage across agile, DevOps, cloud‑native, and tooling beats. Specialties: Agile, AI, APIs, cloud-native, DevOps, Kubernetes, low-code, microservices, observability, productivity, security.

Email | Outlet

Craig Buckler SitePoint

Longtime SitePoint contributor known for hands‑on web development explainers and front‑end performance guides. Specialties: JavaScript, Node.js, CSS, performance, front‑end tooling and tutorials.

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Thomas Claburn The Register

Senior reporter at The Register frequently breaking stories at the intersection of software development, security, and policy. Specialties: Software development and package ecosystems (npm), cloud/software policy, AI ethics, security incidents impacting developers.

Author page | Contact form | GitHub

Ryan Donovan Stack Overflow (blog/podcast)

Editor of the Stack Overflow blog and podcast, Ryan commissions and edits articles that surface trends across the developer community. Specialties: Developer experience, programming culture/trends, community insights from Stack Overflow’s audience.

Email (pitches) | X/Twitter | Outlet

Vitaly Friedman Smashing Magazine

Co‑founder and editor‑in‑chief of Smashing Magazine; prolific author and curator on front‑end and UX best practices. Specialties: Front‑end performance, UX design patterns, accessibility, modern CSS/JS.

Email | Author page | X/Twitter

James Hibbard SitePoint

Web developer and former SitePoint editor who writes approachable, high‑signal tutorials for front‑end and full‑stack workflows. Specialties: JavaScript and Node.js tutorials, Vue/React basics, tooling and browser extensions.

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Joab Jackson The New Stack

Editor at The New Stack with a long tenure covering cloud‑native software and developer infrastructure. Specialties: Cloud‑native, Kubernetes, open source governance, developer platforms.

Email | Website | Outlet

Paul Krill InfoWorld

Editor at large at InfoWorld leading software‑development news coverage with a deep focus on programming languages and platforms. Specialties: Programming languages (JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, .NET, Python), development platforms and tools.

Author page | Editorial contact

Louis Lazaris Web Tools Weekly; Smashing Magazine; SitePoint

Founder/author of Web Tools Weekly and frequent contributor to Smashing Magazine and SitePoint on the modern front‑end toolchain. Specialties: Front‑end tooling roundups, CSS/JS libraries, workflow tips for web developers.

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Richard MacManus The New Stack

Senior editor at The New Stack and founder of ReadWriteWeb, Richard chronicles long‑term trends across the web and JavaScript ecosystems. Specialties: JavaScript ecosystem history and trends, web frameworks, internet technology shifts.

Website | Mastodon | Outlet

Cosima Mielke Smashing Magazine

Smashing Magazine editor and newsletter lead who curates bi‑weekly issues highlighting practical front‑end and UX resources. Specialties: Editorial curation for web dev/design, Smashing Newsletter, resource roundups.

Newsletter contact | Outlet

Jennifer Riggins The New Stack

Tech culture correspondent at The New Stack writing deeply reported features on DevEx and how teams build and run software. Specialties: Developer experience, platform engineering, engineering culture and leadership.

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David Rubinstein SD Times

Editor‑in‑chief of SD Times overseeing coverage for development managers and engineering leaders. Specialties: Software development industry news, testing/QA, value stream management, M&A.

Email | Outlet

Paul Sawers VentureBeat

VentureBeat journalist covering developer‑tooling companies, APIs, and the enterprise software stack. Specialties: DevOps, API economy, enterprise developer tools, AI/ML in software delivery.

Email | X/Twitter | Author page

Barry Schwartz Search Engine Land; Search Engine Roundtable

Contributing editor at Search Engine Land and founder of Search Engine Roundtable, Barry tracks daily search changes affecting how sites are built and found. Specialties: SEO and search platform changes that impact website publishers and developers.

X/Twitter | Author page | Website

Matthew Tyson InfoWorld

InfoWorld contributing writer producing deep dives and how‑tos on modern JavaScript and front‑end development. Specialties: JavaScript/ECMAScript updates, front‑end frameworks (Svelte, Solid, Lit), developer tools.

Author page | Muck Rack

Jon Udell The New Stack

Veteran tech journalist (ex‑BYTE, InfoWorld) and current New Stack columnist focused on practical AI and the open web. Specialties: Practical web/AI workflows, documentation, open web standards and components.

Email | Website | Mastodon

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Computerworld; ZDNet; The Register; The New Stack

Long‑time columnist and reporter (Computerworld, ZDNet, The Register, The New Stack) covering the business and technology of software development. Specialties: Open source/Linux, web standards and security, developer tooling and policy impacts.