About the blogger: Spencer E. Ante

Spencer Ante has been writing about technology, business and culture for more than 12 years.

He is currently Deputy Bureau Chief of the New York Corporate Bureau of The Wall Street Journal, and is ashamed it took him so long to update his bio. In April 2010, the Journal picked up Ante as an off-season free agent signing from BusinessWeek, where he plied his trade for the last ten years.

Previously he was an associate editor and department editor at BusinessWeek. Before joining BusinessWeek in February, 2000, he was a staff reporter for TheStreet.com. Prior to that, he was a contributing writer at Wired News, a columnist for Business 2.0, and a producer for the Netscape NetCenter. Ante was also a founding associate editor of The Web Magazine. Ante received a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and a master’s in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley.

His 2006 investigative story exposing the identities and photos of the world’s most dangerous cybercriminals, “Meet the Hackers,” won the 2007 Deadline Club award for Best Science, Technology, Medical and Environmental Reporting from the New York City chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. His 2005 story revealing problems with the private training of Iraqi security forces, “A Hole in Bush’s Exit Strategy,” won the 2006 Silver Award for Best Original Web Feature from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. His 2004 story on the decline of high-skilled immigration, “Keeping Out the Wrong People,” was nominated for a 2005 Deadline Club Award.

Over the years, Ante has also written for The New York Times, Wired, Men’s Journal, Salon, SPIN, Business 2.0, San Francisco Chronicle, and other places. He can be reached at bpcbowler@yahoo.com.

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